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# NSFileProviderTestingOperationType

The action that an operation performs.

```
enum NSFileProviderTestingOperationType
```

## Topics

### Types

[`NSFileProviderTestingOperationType.childrenEnumeration`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperationType/childrenEnumeration)

Lists an item’s content.

[`NSFileProviderTestingOperationType.collisionResolution`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperationType/collisionResolution)

Resolves a collision by renaming the new item.

[`NSFileProviderTestingOperationType.contentFetch`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperationType/contentFetch)

Fetches an item’s content.

[`NSFileProviderTestingOperationType.creation`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperationType/creation)

Propagates the creation of a source item to the target location.

[`NSFileProviderTestingOperationType.deletion`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperationType/deletion)

Propagates the deletion of the source item from the target location.

[`NSFileProviderTestingOperationType.ingestion`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperationType/ingestion)

Alerts the system to changes to either the local or remote storage.

[`NSFileProviderTestingOperationType.lookup`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperationType/lookup)

Looks up an item.

[`NSFileProviderTestingOperationType.modification`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderTestingOperationType/modification)

Propagates a change from the source item to the target location.


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