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# DispatchSourceRead

A dispatch source object for reading data from a file descriptor.

```
protocol DispatchSourceRead : DispatchSourceProtocol, Sendable
```

## Overview

You do not adopt this protocol in your objects. Instead, use the [`makeReadSource(fileDescriptor:queue:)`](/documentation/Dispatch/DispatchSource/makeReadSource(fileDescriptor:queue:)) method to create an object that adopts this protocol.

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