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+import codecs
+
+from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
+
+from component import Component
+
+
+def echo_handler(data):
+    return data
+
+
+def rot13_handler(data):
+    data['data'] = codecs.encode(data['data'], 'rot13')
+    return data
+
+
+def change_case_handler(data):
+    data['data'] = data['data'].upper() if data['data'].islower() else data['data'].lower()
+    return data
+
+
+def reverse_handler(data):
+    data['data'] = data['data'][::-1]
+    return data
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    anchor_a = Component('anchor_a', change_case_handler)
+    anchor_b = Component('anchor_b', rot13_handler)
+    anchor_c = Component('anchor_c', reverse_handler)
+
+    IOLoop.instance().start()