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MIDIEntityRef

An entity that a device owns and that contains endpoints.

Declaration

typealias MIDIEntityRef = MIDIObjectRef

Discussion

An entity object derives from MIDIObjectRef, and its owning object is a MIDIDeviceRef.

Devices may have multiple logically distinct subcomponents; for example, a MIDI synthesizer and a pair of MIDI ports are addressable using a USB port. By grouping a device’s endpoints into entities, the system has enough information for an app to make reasonable assumptions about how to communicate bidirectionally with each entity, as required by MIDI librarian apps.

See Also

Entity lookup