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# FileEntityIdentifier

An identifier for an app entity that refers to a document or other file.

```
struct FileEntityIdentifier
```

## Topics

### Instance Properties

[`var draftIdentifier: String?`](/documentation/AppIntents/FileEntityIdentifier/draftIdentifier)

The document draft identifier, if the document hasn’t been materialized on disk yet.

[`var fileURL: URL?`](/documentation/AppIntents/FileEntityIdentifier/fileURL)

A URL that locates a file saved to disk.

[`var isDraft: Bool`](/documentation/AppIntents/FileEntityIdentifier/isDraft)

Indicates whether this identifier represents a document draft.

### Type Methods

[`static func draft(identifier: String) -> FileEntityIdentifier`](/documentation/AppIntents/FileEntityIdentifier/draft(identifier:))

Creates and returns an identifier for a draft document.

[`static func file(url: URL) throws -> FileEntityIdentifier`](/documentation/AppIntents/FileEntityIdentifier/file(url:))

Creates and returns an identifier with the provided URL to the file on disk.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Encodable`](/documentation/Swift/Encodable)

[`Copyable`](/documentation/Swift/Copyable)

[`EntityIdentifierConvertible`](/documentation/AppIntents/EntityIdentifierConvertible)

[`Escapable`](/documentation/Swift/Escapable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Decodable`](/documentation/Swift/Decodable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

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