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pasteboardPropertyList(forType:)

Returns a property list object to represent the receiver on a pasteboard as an object of a specified type.

Declaration

func pasteboardPropertyList(forType type: NSPasteboard.PasteboardType) -> Any?

Parameters

  • type:

    One of the types the receiver supports for writing (one of the UTIs returned by its implementation of Writabletypes(for:)).

Return Value

A property list object to represent the receiver on a pasteboard as an object of type type.

Discussion

The returned value will commonly be the NSData object for the specified data type. However, if this method returns either a string, or any other property-list type, the pasteboard will automatically convert these items to the correct data format required for the pasteboard.