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# canInit(with:)

Indicates whether the receiver can create an instance of itself from the data in a pasteboard.

```
class func canInit(with pasteboard: NSPasteboard) -> Bool
```

## Parameters

`pasteboard`

Pasteboard containing sound data.

## Return Value

<doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> when the receiver can handle the data represented by `pasteboard`; <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false> otherwise.

## Discussion

The [`NSSound`](/documentation/AppKit/NSSound) method is used to find out whether the class can handle the data in `pasteboard`.

## See Also

  [Sound Programming Topics for Cocoa](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Sound/Sound.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000104i)


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