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# NSServicesMenuRequestor

A set of methods that support interaction with items users can share through a sharing service.

```
protocol NSServicesMenuRequestor : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Overview

This informal protocol consists of two methods, [`writeSelection(to:types:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSServicesMenuRequestor/writeSelection(to:types:)) and [`readSelection(from:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSServicesMenuRequestor/readSelection(from:)). The first method provides data to a remote service, and the second receives any data the remote service might send back. Both respond to messages that are generated when the user chooses a command from the Services menu.

## Topics

### Working with Pasteboards

[`readSelection(from:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSServicesMenuRequestor/readSelection(from:))

Reads data from the pasteboard and uses it to replace the current selection.

[`writeSelection(to:types:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSServicesMenuRequestor/writeSelection(to:types:))

Writes the current selection to the pasteboard.


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