layout	title	folder	permalink	categories	tags
pattern	Producer Consumer	producer-consumer	/patterns/producer-consumer/	Concurrency	Java Difficulty-Intermediate I/O Reactive

Intent

Producer Consumer Design pattern is a classic concurrency pattern which reduces coupling between Producer and Consumer by separating Identification of work with Execution of Work.

Applicability

Use the Producer Consumer idiom when

• decouple system by separate work in two process produce and consume.
• addresses the issue of different timing require to produce work or consuming work