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# MTLDynamicLibrary

A dynamically linkable representation of compiled shader code for a specific Metal device object.

```
protocol MTLDynamicLibrary : NSObjectProtocol, Sendable
```

## Topics

### Identifying the library

[`device`](/documentation/Metal/MTLDynamicLibrary/device)

The Metal device object that created the dynamic library.

[`installName`](/documentation/Metal/MTLDynamicLibrary/installName)

A file path for this dynamic library.

[`label`](/documentation/Metal/MTLDynamicLibrary/label)

A string that identifies the library.

### Saving a dynamic library to a file

[`serialize(to:)`](/documentation/Metal/MTLDynamicLibrary/serialize(to:))

Writes the contents of the dynamic library to a file.


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