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# ModelActor

An interface for providing mutually-exclusive access to the attributes of a conforming model.

```
protocol ModelActor : Actor
```

## Topics

### Accessing the container and context

[`modelContainer`](/documentation/SwiftData/ModelActor/modelContainer)

The ModelContainer for the ModelActor
The container that manages the app’s schema and model storage configuration

[`modelContext`](/documentation/SwiftData/ModelActor/modelContext)

The context that serializes any code running on the model actor.

### Accessing the executors

[`modelExecutor`](/documentation/SwiftData/ModelActor/modelExecutor)

The executor that coordinates access to the model actor.

[`unownedExecutor`](/documentation/SwiftData/ModelActor/unownedExecutor)

The optimized, unonwned reference to the model actor’s executor.

### Accessing specific models

[`subscript(_:as:)`](/documentation/SwiftData/ModelActor/subscript(_:as:))

Returns the model for the specified identifier, downcast to the appropriate class.


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