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# QLPreviewItem

```
protocol QLPreviewItem : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Overview\abstract The QLPreviewItem protocol declares the methods that a QLPreviewController instance uses to access the contents of a given item.

## Relationships

### Conforming Types

[`ARQuickLookPreviewItem`](/documentation/QuickLook/ARQuickLookPreviewItem)

### Inherits From

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

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