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# portCoderWithReceivePort:sendPort:components:

Creates and returns a new `NSPortCoder` object.

```
+ (id) portCoderWithReceivePort:(NSPort *) rcvPort sendPort:(NSPort *) sndPort components:(NSArray *) comps;
```

## Parameters

`rcvPort`

The receiver port.

`sndPort`

The send port.

`comps`

An array containing an encoded distributed objects message.

## Return Value

A new `NSPortCoder` object connected to the communication ports `rcvPort` and `sndPort`, with an encoded distributed objects message stored in `comps`.

## See Also

[`- (void) dispatch;`](/documentation/Foundation/NSPortCoder/dispatch)

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

  [Distributed Objects Programming Topics](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/DistrObjects/DistrObjects.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000102i)


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