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# item

The pasteboard reader or writer object dependent on the context where you use the dragging item.

```
var item: Any { get }
```

## Discussion

When you create an `NSDraggingItem` instance, `item` is the `pasteboardWriter` passed to [`init(pasteboardWriter:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDraggingItem/init(pasteboardWriter:)).

However, when enumerating dragging items using the [`NSDraggingSession`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDraggingSession) method [`enumerateDraggingItems(options:for:classes:searchOptions:using:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDraggingSession/enumerateDraggingItems(options:for:classes:searchOptions:using:)) or the [`NSDraggingInfo`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDraggingInfo) method [`enumerateDraggingItems(options:for:classes:searchOptions:using:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDraggingInfo/enumerateDraggingItems(options:for:classes:searchOptions:using:)), `item` is not the original pasteboard reader or writer instance. It is an instance of one of the classes provided to the enumeration method’s `classArray` parameter.

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