validatePipeline: Validate all pipes in a pipeline
In anhinton/conduit: A prototype glue system for OpenAPI

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This function checks that all pipes are valid, and returns FALSE if any are invalid.

1	validatePipeline(pipeline)

pipeline

A pipeline object

A pipe is considered valid if its startComponent and endComponents values match the value of name components in the pipeline, and if its startOutput and endInput values match a named output or input in the corresponding component.

A warning is generated for each invalid pipe to help debug.

logical, TRUE if pipeline passes all validity tests

pipeline, pipe

## load a pipeline
pipel1 <-
    loadPipeline("simpleGraph",
                 system.file("extdata", "simpleGraph",
                             "pipeline.xml",
                             package = "conduit"))
## a valid pipeline
validatePipeline(pipel1)

## break a pipeline
pipel2 <- pipel1
pipel2$pipes[[1]]$start$output <- "veryWrongValue"
## and look, it's invalid!
validatePipeline(pipel2)