---
title: AVMetadataBodyObject
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: avfoundation/avmetadatabodyobject
---

# AVMetadataBodyObject

An abstract class that defines the interface for a metadata body object.

## Declaration

```swift
class AVMetadataBodyObject
```

## Overview

Overview A metadata body object represents a single detected body in a picture. It’s the base object used to represent bodies, for example AVMetadataHumanBodyObject, AVMetadataDogBodyObject, and AVMetadataCatBodyObject.

## Topics

### Inspecting metadata

- [bodyID](avfoundation/avmetadatabodyobject/bodyid.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [AVMetadataObject](avfoundation/avmetadataobject.md)

### Inherited By

- [AVMetadataCatBodyObject](avfoundation/avmetadatacatbodyobject.md)
- [AVMetadataDogBodyObject](avfoundation/avmetadatadogbodyobject.md)
- [AVMetadataHumanBodyObject](avfoundation/avmetadatahumanbodyobject.md)
- [AVMetadataHumanFullBodyObject](avfoundation/avmetadatahumanfullbodyobject.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSCopying](foundation/nscopying.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Bodies

- [AVMetadataCatBodyObject](avfoundation/avmetadatacatbodyobject.md)
- [AVMetadataDogBodyObject](avfoundation/avmetadatadogbodyobject.md)
- [AVMetadataHumanBodyObject](avfoundation/avmetadatahumanbodyobject.md)
- [AVMetadataHumanFullBodyObject](avfoundation/avmetadatahumanfullbodyobject.md)