diff --git a/moa/src/main/java/moa/streams/FilteredQueueStream.java b/moa/src/main/java/moa/streams/FilteredQueueStream.java
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+/*
+ *    FilteredStream.java
+ *    Copyright (C) 2007 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
+ *    @author Richard Kirkby (rkirkby@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
+ *
+ *    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ *    (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *    along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+package moa.streams;
+
+import com.yahoo.labs.samoa.instances.Instance;
+import com.yahoo.labs.samoa.instances.InstancesHeader;
+import moa.core.Example;
+import moa.core.ObjectRepository;
+import moa.options.AbstractOptionHandler;
+import moa.options.ClassOption;
+import moa.options.OptionHandler;
+import moa.streams.filters.StreamFilter;
+import moa.tasks.TaskMonitor;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class for pipelines in CapyMOA.
+ * Implements the stream interface, acts as a queue by supporting `addToQueue`.
+ * In comparison to QueueStream, this class allows specifying a filter that is applied to the queued instances.
+ *
+ * @author Marco Heyden (marco.heyden@kit.edu)
+ * @version $Revision: 1 $
+ */
+public class FilteredQueueStream extends AbstractOptionHandler implements
+        ExampleStream {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getPurposeString() {
+        return "A stream that is filtered and that supports addToQueue.";
+    }
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public ClassOption filtersOption = new ClassOption("filters", 'f',
+            "Filters to apply.", StreamFilter.class,
+            "AddNoiseFilter");
+
+    private QueueStream queue = new QueueStream();
+    private ExampleStream filterChain;
+
+    public void addToQueue(Instance instance) {
+        queue.addToQueue(instance);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void prepareForUseImpl(TaskMonitor monitor,
+                                  ObjectRepository repository) {
+        StreamFilter filters;
+        monitor.setCurrentActivity("Materializing filter " //+ (i + 1)
+                + "...", -1.0);
+        filters = (StreamFilter) getPreparedClassOption(this.filtersOption);
+        if (monitor.taskShouldAbort()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (filters instanceof OptionHandler) {
+            monitor.setCurrentActivity("Preparing filter " //+ (i + 1)
+                    + "...", -1.0);
+            ((OptionHandler) filters).prepareForUse(monitor, repository);
+            if (monitor.taskShouldAbort()) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        filters.setInputStream(queue);
+        this.filterChain = filters;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long estimatedRemainingInstances() {
+        return this.filterChain.estimatedRemainingInstances();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InstancesHeader getHeader() {
+        return this.filterChain.getHeader();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasMoreInstances() {
+        return this.filterChain.hasMoreInstances();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isRestartable() {
+        return this.filterChain.isRestartable();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Example nextInstance() {
+        return this.filterChain.nextInstance();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void restart() {
+        queue.restart();
+        this.filterChain.restart();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void getDescription(StringBuilder sb, int indent) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+    }
+}
diff --git a/moa/src/main/java/moa/streams/QueueStream.java b/moa/src/main/java/moa/streams/QueueStream.java
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+package moa.streams;
+
+import com.yahoo.labs.samoa.instances.Instance;
+import com.yahoo.labs.samoa.instances.InstancesHeader;
+import moa.core.InstanceExample;
+import moa.core.ObjectRepository;
+import moa.options.AbstractOptionHandler;
+import moa.tasks.TaskMonitor;
+
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class for pipelines in CapyMOA.
+ * Implements the stream interface and also acts as a queue by supporting `addToQueue`.
+ *
+ * @author Marco Heyden (marco.heyden@kit.edu)
+ * @version $Revision: 1 $
+ */
+public class QueueStream extends AbstractOptionHandler implements ExampleStream {
+
+    private LinkedList<InstanceExample> queue = new LinkedList<>();
+
+    void addToQueue(Instance newInstance) {
+        queue.add(new InstanceExample(newInstance));
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public int measureByteSize() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void prepareForUseImpl(TaskMonitor monitor, ObjectRepository repository) {}
+
+    @Override
+    public void getDescription(StringBuilder sb, int indent) {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InstancesHeader getHeader() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long estimatedRemainingInstances() {
+        return queue.size();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasMoreInstances() {
+        return queue.size() > 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InstanceExample nextInstance() {
+        return queue.removeFirst();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isRestartable() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void restart() {
+        queue = new LinkedList<>();
+    }
+}