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# dispatch

Processes and acts upon the distributed object message with which the receiver was initialized.

```
- (void) dispatch;
```

## See Also

[`+ (id) portCoderWithReceivePort:(NSPort *) rcvPort sendPort:(NSPort *) sndPort components:(NSArray *) comps;`](/documentation/Foundation/NSPortCoder/portCoderWithReceivePort:sendPort:components:)

Creates and returns a new `NSPortCoder` object.

[`- (id) initWithReceivePort:(NSPort *) rcvPort sendPort:(NSPort *) sndPort components:(NSArray *) comps;`](/documentation/Foundation/NSPortCoder/initWithReceivePort:sendPort:components:)

Initializes and returns an `NSPortCoder` object.


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