--- layout: pattern title: Producer Consumer folder: producer-consumer permalink: /patterns/producer-consumer/ categories: Other tags: Java --- **Intent:** Producer Consumer Design pattern is a classic concurrency or threading pattern which reduces coupling between Producer and Consumer by separating Identification of work with Execution of Work.. ![alt text](./etc/producer-consumer.png "Producer Consumer") **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