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# nodeLoadExternalEntitiesNever

Requests that external entities are never loaded.

```
static var nodeLoadExternalEntitiesNever: XMLNode.Options { get }
```

## Discussion

You may choose only one of [`nodeLoadExternalEntitiesAlways`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLNode/Options/nodeLoadExternalEntitiesAlways), [`nodeLoadExternalEntitiesSameOriginOnly`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLNode/Options/nodeLoadExternalEntitiesSameOriginOnly), or [`nodeLoadExternalEntitiesNever`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLNode/Options/nodeLoadExternalEntitiesNever) or none.

Requests that external entities are never loaded. You may choose only one of [`nodeLoadExternalEntitiesAlways`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLNode/Options/nodeLoadExternalEntitiesAlways), [`nodeLoadExternalEntitiesSameOriginOnly`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLNode/Options/nodeLoadExternalEntitiesSameOriginOnly), or [`nodeLoadExternalEntitiesNever`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLNode/Options/nodeLoadExternalEntitiesNever) or none.

Choosing none results in the system-default behavior. For applications linked on OS X v10.6 and earlier, this is [`nodeLoadExternalEntitiesAlways`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLNode/Options/nodeLoadExternalEntitiesAlways). For applications linked on macOS 10.7 or later, all entities that don’t require network access are loaded.

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