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# conversation

Returns the token object representing the conversation in which the receiver was created.

```
@property (retain, readonly) id conversation;
```

## Return Value

The token object representing the conversation in which the receiver was created.

## Discussion

If both ends of the distributed objects connection has [`independentConversationQueueing`](/documentation/Foundation/NSConnection/independentConversationQueueing) set to <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false> (the default), the conversation object is always `nil`. Otherwise, it is either a proxy (or a copy) of the object created by the sender of the message or a locally created object, depending which end of the connection has independent queueing on.

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