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# NSDictionaryControllerKeyValuePair

A set of methods implemented by arranged objects to give access to information about those objects.

```
class NSDictionaryControllerKeyValuePair
```

## Overview

[`NSDictionaryControllerKeyValuePair`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDictionaryControllerKeyValuePair) is an informal protocol that is implemented by objects returned by the [`NSDictionaryController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDictionaryController) method arrangedObjects. See [`NSDictionaryController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDictionaryController) for more information.

## Topics

### Instance Properties

[`explicitlyIncluded`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDictionaryControllerKeyValuePair/isExplicitlyIncluded)

[`key`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDictionaryControllerKeyValuePair/key)

[`localizedKey`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDictionaryControllerKeyValuePair/localizedKey)

[`value`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDictionaryControllerKeyValuePair/value)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

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

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

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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