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# CustomLocalizedStringResourceConvertible

A type that provides an out-of-process localizable description.

```
protocol CustomLocalizedStringResourceConvertible
```

## Overview

Similar to <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible>, types that conform to [`CustomLocalizedStringResourceConvertible`](/documentation/Foundation/CustomLocalizedStringResourceConvertible) provide their own representation when converting to a string instance. Whereas <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible> provides a <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible/description> string, this type offers a [`LocalizedStringResource`](/documentation/Foundation/LocalizedStringResource). This allows out-of-process callers to create a localized description from the resource, possibly in a different locale than the current process uses.

## Topics

### Describing a resource

[`localizedStringResource`](/documentation/Foundation/CustomLocalizedStringResourceConvertible/localizedStringResource)

A resource that helps provide a description of this instance.

## Relationships

### Conforming Types

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

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

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