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# CommunicationHandle

Contact information for identifying and communicating with a person.

```
struct CommunicationHandle
```

## Overview

Use this structure to specify contact information like phone numbers,
email addresses, or custom identifiers, along with the type of handle it represents.

## Topics

### Specifying handle types

[`enum Kind`](/documentation/PermissionKit/CommunicationHandle/Kind-swift.enum)

An enumeration that identifies different types of communication handles.

### Creating handles

[`init(value: String, kind: CommunicationHandle.Kind)`](/documentation/PermissionKit/CommunicationHandle/init(value:kind:))

Creates a communication handle.

### Accessing properties

[`var value: String`](/documentation/PermissionKit/CommunicationHandle/value)

The value of the communication handle.

[`var kind: CommunicationHandle.Kind`](/documentation/PermissionKit/CommunicationHandle/kind-swift.property)

The type of communication handle.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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