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# Notification

A container for information broadcast through a notification center to all registered observers.

```
struct Notification
```

## Topics

### Creating a Notification

[`init(name:object:userInfo:)`](/documentation/Foundation/Notification/init(name:object:userInfo:))

Initializes a new notification.

[`Notification.Name`](/documentation/Foundation/Notification/Name-swift.typealias)

An alias for a type used to represent the name of a notification.

[`NSNotification.Name`](/documentation/Foundation/NSNotification/Name-swift.struct)

A structure that defines the name of a notification.

### Getting Notification Information

[`name`](/documentation/Foundation/Notification/name-swift.property)

A tag identifying the notification.

[`object`](/documentation/Foundation/Notification/object)

An object that the poster wishes to send to observers.

[`userInfo`](/documentation/Foundation/Notification/userInfo)

Storage for values or objects related to this notification.

### Using Reference Types

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

A container for information broadcast through a notification center to all registered observers.


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