twisted.internet.interfaces.IConsumer

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## Class IConsumer

    Interface --+
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               IConsumer

Known Subclasses:
  `IFinishableConsumer`

A consumer consumes data from a producer.

Method Summary
| ``registerProducer`(self, producer, streaming)` Register to receive data from a producer.
| ``unregisterProducer`(self)` Stop consuming data from a producer, without disconnecting.
| ``write`(self, data)` The producer will write data by calling this method.

Method Details

### registerProducer(self, producer, streaming) Register to receive data from a producer. This sets self to be a consumer for a producer. When this object runs out of data on a write() call, it will ask the producer to resumeProducing(). A producer should implement the `IProducer` interface. A push producer which is unable to pause or stop need not register or unregister.

### unregisterProducer(self) Stop consuming data from a producer, without disconnecting.

### write(self, data) The producer will write data by calling this method.

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