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# proxyWithLocal:connection:

Returns a local proxy for a given object and connection, creating the proxy if necessary.

```
+ (id) proxyWithLocal:(id) target connection:(NSConnection *) connection;
```

## Parameters

`target`

An object in the receiver’s address space.

`connection`

The connection for the returned proxy.

## Return Value

A local proxy for `target` and `connection`, creating it if necessary.

## Discussion

Other applications connect to the proxy using the `NSConnection` [`connectionWithRegisteredName:host:`](/documentation/Foundation/NSConnection/connectionWithRegisteredName:host:) class method.

Local proxies should be considered private to their `NSConnection` objects. Only an `NSConnection` object should use this method to create them, and your code shouldn’t retain or otherwise use local proxies.

## See Also

  [Distributed Objects Programming Topics](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/DistrObjects/DistrObjects.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000102i)


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