GUI for data pipeline

1. A graphical user interface (GUI) for configuring pipelines, the GUI displayable on a user computer monitor and stored on a computer memory and comprising:

at least one pipe input set window configured to permit a user to define a type of pipe input set data;

at least one GUI page based on the type, the GUI page being generated by translating the type using a configuration file to a class and using Java reflection to generate an instance of the class, the instance producing the GUI page; and

using the GUI page to configure a data pipeline, and the GUI further comprising at least one Pipe Output Set tab for defining PipeOutputSet representative of a type of output data from the pipeline.

2. The GUI of claim 1 , wherein at least the pipe input set window and GUI page require no programming apart from an initial core code.

3. The GUI of claim 1 , wherein the GUI is an incremental GUI wherein GUI pages for new pipe components can be added incrementally without changing existing code.

4. The GUI of claim 3 , wherein at least one new pipe module is based on a pre-existing module type.

5. The GUI of claim 3 , wherein at least one new pipe module is based on a new user-defined component type.

6. The GUI of claim 1 , wherein the GUI defines a set of interfaces, each interface including plural functions, the GUI including a GUI representation part and a storage part, the GUI representation part defining how something is displayed and the storage part defining how GUI parameters are stored in an external storage.