---
title: entity
framework: coredata
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: coredata/nsmanagedobjectid/entity
---

# entity

The entity description associated with the object ID.

## Declaration

```swift
var entity: NSEntityDescription { get }
```

## See Also

### Related Documentation

- [Core Data Programming Guide](apple-archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreData.md)
- [entity](coredata/nsmanagedobject/entity-swift.property.md)

### Getting Managed Object ID Information

- [isTemporaryID](coredata/nsmanagedobjectid/istemporaryid.md)
- [persistentStore](coredata/nsmanagedobjectid/persistentstore.md)
- [uriRepresentation()](coredata/nsmanagedobjectid/urirepresentation().md)