Consumer (Smooks API 2.2.1 API)

All Superinterfaces:

ContentHandler, Visitor
```
public interface Consumer
extends Visitor
```
Object Consumer interface.
A consumer is a Visitor that "consumes" a named object that has been added to the ExecutionContext by a Producer of some sort.

Since:

1.2

Author:

tom.fennelly@jboss.com

See Also:

Producer

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  boolean consumes(Object object)
  Does this consumer consume the specified named object.

- Method Detail
  - consumes
```
boolean consumes(Object object)
```
    Does this consumer consume the specified named object.
    The named object would be a product of a Producer that is executing on the same element. The consumer should only return false if it knows for certain that it doesn't consumer the specified named object. If uncertain, it should error on the side of saying that it does consume the object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - The product representation
    
    Returns:
    
    True if the consumer consumes the specified product, otherwise false.