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# generationMarker

A value specific to your data source identifying the database generation when enumeration of content started.

```
var generationMarker: Data
```

## Discussion

When a content enumeration is underway, you must use the same `generationMarker` until the enumeration completes.
If you restart content enumeration, you can use a new `generationMarker` value from that point onward.

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