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# TXTRecordRef

Opaque internal data type that represents a DNS-SD TXT record.

```
typealias TXTRecordRef = _TXTRecordRef_t
```

## Topics

### Miscellaneous

[Force Natural Alignment](/documentation/dnssd/Force-Natural-Alignment)

[Private Data](/documentation/dnssd/Private-Data)

### Instance Properties

[`var ForceNaturalAlignment: UnsafeMutablePointer<CChar>!`](/documentation/dnssd/TXTRecordRef/ForceNaturalAlignment)

[`var PrivateData: (CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar, CChar)`](/documentation/dnssd/TXTRecordRef/PrivateData)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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