Context Types

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Only submission using DISTRIBUTED, BUNDLE and STANDALONE context type are supported.
  • DISTRIBUTED converts the application to an SPL graph, compiles it and submits it as a Streams application bundle to a Streams instance. The bundle is submitted using streamtool which must be setup to submit without requiring authentication input.
  • BUNDLE converts the application to an SPL graph and compiles it, producing a SPL application bundle (.sab file). The application is executed separately by submitting the bundle to an IBM Streams instance as a distributed application. A bundle can be submitted to an IBM Streams instance using streamtool submitjob, the IBM Streams Console, or IBM Streams JMX API.
  • STANDALONE converts the application to an SPL graph, compiles it and executes it as an IBM Streams standalone application. The standalone execution is spawned as a separate process.