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# NSFileSecurity

A stub class that encapsulates security information about a file.

```
class NSFileSecurity
```

## Overview

[`NSFileSecurity`](/documentation/Foundation/NSFileSecurity) contains no methods of its own. Instead, it is transparently bridged to <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFFileSecurity>.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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