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# NSItemProviderReading

The protocol for implementing a class to allow an item provider to create an instance of the class.

```
protocol NSItemProviderReading : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Overview

A destination app uses an object that conforms to this protocol to consume pasted or dropped items.

## Topics

### Creating an object from a pasted or dropped item

[`+  objectWithItemProviderData:typeIdentifier:error:`](/documentation/Foundation/NSItemProviderReading/object(withItemProviderData:typeIdentifier:))

Creates a new instance of a class using the given data and UTI string.

### Getting the readable type identifiers

[`readableTypeIdentifiersForItemProvider`](/documentation/Foundation/NSItemProviderReading/readableTypeIdentifiersForItemProvider)

An array of UTI strings representing the data types supported by the class.

## Relationships

### Conforming Types

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

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

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

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

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

### Inherits From

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

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