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# NSFileProviderTestingOperation

An operation that the system can schedule.

```
protocol NSFileProviderTestingOperation : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Topics

### Access the Operation Type

[`type`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperation/type)

The operation’s type.

[`asChildrenEnumeration`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperation/asChildrenEnumeration)

Returns the operation if it enumerates contained items.

[`asCollisionResolution`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperation/asCollisionResolution)

Returns the operation if it resolves a collision by renaming the new item.

[`asContentFetch`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperation/asContentFetch)

Returns the operation if it fetches an item’s content.

[`asCreation`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperation/asCreation)

Returns the operation if it propagates the creation of an item.

[`asDeletion`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperation/asDeletion)

Returns the operation if it propagates the deletion of an item.

[`asIngestion`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperation/asIngestion)

Returns the operation if it alerts the system to changes.

[`asLookup`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperation/asLookup)

Returns the operation if it looks up an item.

[`asModification`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperation/asModification)

Returns the operation if it propagates a change.


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