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# VZVirtioConsoleDeviceDelegate

Optional methods that you use to respond when a console port opens or closes in the virtual machine.

```
protocol VZVirtioConsoleDeviceDelegate : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Topics

### Responding to console device changes

[`consoleDevice(_:didOpen:)`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioConsoleDeviceDelegate/consoleDevice(_:didOpen:))

Tells the delegate that the framework opened a console port.

[`consoleDevice(_:didClose:)`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioConsoleDeviceDelegate/consoleDevice(_:didClose:))

Tells the delegate that the framework closed a console port.

## See Also

[`VZVirtioConsoleDevice`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioConsoleDevice)

A class that represents a Virtio console device in a virtual machine.

[`VZVirtioConsolePort`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioConsolePort)

A class that represents a Virtio console port in a VM.


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