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# Handle

A way to reach a participant, such as a phone number or email address.

```
struct Handle
```

## Topics

### Creation

[`init(type: Handle.Kind, value: String, displayName: String?)`](/documentation/LiveCommunicationKit/Handle/init(type:value:displayName:))

Creates a new handle that identifies a participant in a conversation.

### Type

[`var type: Handle.Kind`](/documentation/LiveCommunicationKit/Handle/type)

The type of the handle; for example a phone number or email address.

[`enum Kind`](/documentation/LiveCommunicationKit/Handle/Kind)

Values that define the handle that identifies a participant in a conversation.

### Attributes

[`var displayName: String`](/documentation/LiveCommunicationKit/Handle/displayName)

The name for a participant in a conversation that appears in the conversation UI.

[`var value: String`](/documentation/LiveCommunicationKit/Handle/value)

The raw value of the handle.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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