A system and method of assembling an application for processing image or image-derived
data is disclosed. The system includes a base operator configured to interface
with one or more derivative operator classes, each operator class including an
operator object for executing a processing function on the image or image-derived
data. A base multiport node class is provided, which is configured to provide a
multiport node for each operator object. The multiport nodes instantiates a pluggable
operator for connecting the multiport nodes together at runtime according to user-defined
parameters. The connection of multiport nodes implements the processing functions
of the operator objects to execute the application.
