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# MIDINetworkConnection

An object that connects a session to a host.

```
class MIDINetworkConnection
```

## Topics

### Creating Connections

[`+  connectionWithHost:`](/documentation/CoreMIDI/MIDINetworkConnection/init(host:))

Creates a connection to the specified host.

### Accessing Connections

[`host`](/documentation/CoreMIDI/MIDINetworkConnection/host)

The host connection.

## Relationships

### Inherits From

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

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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