# Pump: A Faster Way To Write Cascading Flows

DevFeed: [Pump: A Faster Way To Write Cascading Flows](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pump-a-faster-way-to-write-cascading-flows-15812.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/pump-a-faster-way-to-write-cascading-flows>)

Author: Square Engineering

Published: 2012-08-27T16:01:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Data analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-analysis.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [data-analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-analysis.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>)

## AI overview

Square introduces Pump, a helper class for Cascading that reduces the boilerplate and verbosity required to write data-processing Flows. Pump uses a Builder pattern, varargs, and builder-style methods for common Cascading operations, while supporting only most--not all--Cascading use cases.

## Source excerpt

Check out the new helper we've released to cut down on the verbosity of Cascading Flows.