Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Daniela Cristina Manu

Stephen Harris Toub

Niklas Gustafsson

Michael L Chu

Zlatko Michailov

One embodiment includes a method of performing dataflow processing. The method includes representing a first asynchronous processing node as a first future. The first future represents the lifecycle of processing of the first asynchronous processing node. The method further includes representing one or more other asynchronous operations as one or more other futures. The one or more other futures represent the asynchronous completion of one or more operations'processing. The first future and the one or more other futures are represented as a single composite future. The single composite future represents completion of processing of the combination of the first asynchronous processing node and the one or more other asynchronous operations.

Cancelable and faultable dataflow nodes

Processing messages in dataflow networks. The method includes, at a first entity, receiving from a second entity a first offer of a first message to process. The method further includes determining to not process the first message. As a result of determining to not process the first message, such an indication is made to the second entity. Further as a result of determining to not process the first message, an indication is stored that the second entity offered a message. The indication includes an indicator correlated to the second entity. Subsequent to indicating to the second entity, using the indication the method includes indicating to the second entity availability to process a message.

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Daniela Cristina Manu