Patent attributes
Dynamic connections between processing elements of a streaming application are managed in a distributed manner by the processing elements to increase efficiency and performance of real-time connection updates. A streams application management service includes a connection manager that notifies all processing elements when a job with a new processing element is submitted. Each processing element dynamically maintains its own connections based on one or more of the following conditions: connection data received from the streams management service, and a behavior change of the processing element. Then the processing element reports connection updates to the connection manager in the streams management service. The connection manager may store updated connection information in the connection data.
