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# NSPersistentStoreRequest

Criteria used to retrieve data from or save data to a persistent store.

```
class NSPersistentStoreRequest
```

## Topics

### Configuring a Request

[`affectedStores`](/documentation/CoreData/NSPersistentStoreRequest/affectedStores)

The stores the request should be sent to.

[`requestType`](/documentation/CoreData/NSPersistentStoreRequest/requestType)

The type of the fetch request.

[`NSPersistentStoreRequestType`](/documentation/CoreData/NSPersistentStoreRequestType)

Constants that specify the types of fetch requests.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

### Inherited By

[`NSPersistentCloudKitContainerEventRequest`](/documentation/CoreData/NSPersistentCloudKitContainerEventRequest)

[`NSBatchUpdateRequest`](/documentation/CoreData/NSBatchUpdateRequest)

[`NSFetchRequest`](/documentation/CoreData/NSFetchRequest)

[`NSPersistentHistoryChangeRequest`](/documentation/CoreData/NSPersistentHistoryChangeRequest)

[`NSBatchDeleteRequest`](/documentation/CoreData/NSBatchDeleteRequest)

[`NSBatchInsertRequest`](/documentation/CoreData/NSBatchInsertRequest)

[`NSAsynchronousFetchRequest`](/documentation/CoreData/NSAsynchronousFetchRequest)

[`NSSaveChangesRequest`](/documentation/CoreData/NSSaveChangesRequest)

### Inherits From

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

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