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# NSItemProviderFileOptions

Data-access specifications that declare how to handle items.

```
struct NSItemProviderFileOptions
```

## Topics

### Creating File Options

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSItemProviderFileOptions/init(rawValue:))

### File Options

[`NSItemProviderFileOptionOpenInPlace`](/documentation/Foundation/NSItemProviderFileOptions/openInPlace)

A data-access specification declaring that items should open in place, rather than being copied.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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