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# ``twisted`.`internet`.`interfaces`.`IProtocolFactory``

interface documentation

`class IProtocolFactory(Interface): (source)`

Known implementations: `twisted.internet.protocol.Factory`

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Interface for protocol factories.

Method | `buildProtocol` | Called when a connection has been established to addr.
Method | `doStart` | Called every time this is connected to a Port or Connector.
Method | `doStop` | Called every time this is unconnected from a Port or Connector.

def buildProtocol(addr): (source)

Called when a connection has been established to addr.

If None is returned, the connection is assumed to have been refused, and the Port will close the connection.

Parameters
addr:`IAddress` | The address of the newly-established connection
Returns
`Optional[IProtocol]` | None if the connection was refused, otherwise an object providing `IProtocol`.

def doStart(): (source)

Called every time this is connected to a Port or Connector.

def doStop(): (source)

Called every time this is unconnected from a Port or Connector.