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# LAAccessControlOperation

Operations to be evaluated for access control.

```
enum LAAccessControlOperation
```

## Overview

Use one of these values to specify the operation for which you want to evaluate an access control when calling the [`evaluateAccessControl(_:operation:localizedReason:reply:)`](/documentation/LocalAuthentication/LAContext/evaluateAccessControl(_:operation:localizedReason:reply:)) method.

## Topics

### Constants

[`LAAccessControlOperation.createItem`](/documentation/LocalAuthentication/LAAccessControlOperation/createItem)

Specifies that access control is used for item creation.

[`LAAccessControlOperation.useItem`](/documentation/LocalAuthentication/LAAccessControlOperation/useItem)

Specifies that access control is used for accessing an existing item.

[`LAAccessControlOperation.createKey`](/documentation/LocalAuthentication/LAAccessControlOperation/createKey)

Specifies that access control is used for key creation.

[`LAAccessControlOperation.useKeySign`](/documentation/LocalAuthentication/LAAccessControlOperation/useKeySign)

Specifies that access control is used for accessing an existing key.

[`LAAccessControlOperation.useKeyDecrypt`](/documentation/LocalAuthentication/LAAccessControlOperation/useKeyDecrypt)

Specifies that access control is used for data decryption using existing key.

[`LAAccessControlOperation.useKeyKeyExchange`](/documentation/LocalAuthentication/LAAccessControlOperation/useKeyKeyExchange)

Specifies that access control is used for key exchange.


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