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# HKSeriesBuilder

An abstract base class for building series samples.

```
class HKSeriesBuilder
```

## Overview

Never instantiate [`HKSeriesBuilder`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKSeriesBuilder) objects directly. Instead, user one of the concrete subclasses (for example, the [`HKWorkoutRouteBuilder`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKWorkoutRouteBuilder) class).

## Topics

### Managing series generation

[`func discard()`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKSeriesBuilder/discard())

Invalidates the builder and discards the collected data.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

### Inherited By

[`HKWorkoutRouteBuilder`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKWorkoutRouteBuilder)

[`HKHeartbeatSeriesBuilder`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKHeartbeatSeriesBuilder)

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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