===== Farm of pipe (sample code) =====
<code c++ farmpipe.cpp>
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#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstdio>
#include <ff/pipeline.hpp>
#include <ff/farm.hpp>

using namespace ff;


class Emitter:public ff_node {
public:
    Emitter(unsigned streamlen):streamlen(streamlen), seed(111) {}

    int svc_init() {
        srandom(seed);
        return 0;
    }
    
    void * svc(void *) {
        for(size_t i=0;i<streamlen;++i)
            ff_send_out(new long(random() % 100));
        
        return NULL;
    }
private:    
    unsigned streamlen;
    unsigned seed;
};

class Collector: public ff_node {
public:
    void * svc(void *) {
        printf("Collector got a task\n");
        return GO_ON;
    }
};


class Stage1: public ff_node {
public:
    void * svc(void * task) {
        return task;
    }
};

class Stage2: public ff_node {
public:
    void *svc(void *task) {
        // g
        long *t = static_cast<long*>(task);
        usleep(*t);
        return task;
    }
};

class Stage3: public ff_node {
public:
    void *svc(void *task) {
        // h
        long *t = static_cast<long*>(task);
        printf("received %ld\n", *t);
        return t;
    }
};

int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
    if (argc!=3) {
        std::cerr << "use: "  << argv[0] << " streamlen nworkers\n";
        return -1;
    }
    long streamlen = atol(argv[1]);
    long nworkers  = atoi(argv[2]);
    

    ff_farm<> farm;
    std::vector<ff_node*> w;
    for(int i=0;i<nworkers;++i) {
        ff_pipeline *p = new ff_pipeline;
        p->add_stage(new Stage1);
        p->add_stage(new Stage2);
        p->add_stage(new Stage3);

        w.push_back(p);
    }
    farm.add_workers(w);
    Emitter E(streamlen);
    farm.add_emitter(&E);
    Collector C;
    farm.add_collector(&C);

    if (farm.run_and_wait_end()<0) {
        error("running pipeline\n");
        return -1;
    }
    std::cerr << "DONE, pipe  time= " << farm.ffTime() << " (ms)\n";
    //pipe.ffStats(std::cerr);
    return 0;
}
</code>