---
title: isBycopy
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: foundation/nsportcoder/isbycopy
---

# isBycopy

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver is encoding an object by copying it.

## Declaration

```occ
- (BOOL) isBycopy;
```

## Return Value

Return Value true if the receiver is encoding an object by copying it, false if it expects a proxy.

## Discussion

Discussion See Distributed Objects Programming Topics for more information.

## See Also

### Checking for Encoding

- [isByref](foundation/nsportcoder/isbyref.md)