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# VZCustomVirtioDeviceProvider

A base class that describes the provider of a custom Virtio device.

```
class VZCustomVirtioDeviceProvider
```

## Overview

A Custom Virtio device provider describes how the custom Virtio device is implemented.
Don’t instantiate `VZCustomVirtioDeviceProvider` directly. use one of its subclasses such as [`VZCustomVirtioDeviceDelegateProvider`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZCustomVirtioDeviceDelegateProvider) instead.

## See Also

[`class VZCustomVirtioDeviceDelegateProvider`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZCustomVirtioDeviceDelegateProvider)

A custom Virtio Device provider for devices that implement a custom Virtio device configuration delegate.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

### Inherits From

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

### Inherited By

[`VZCustomVirtioDeviceDelegateProvider`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZCustomVirtioDeviceDelegateProvider)

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