---
title: externalEntityResolvingPolicy
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/xmlparser/externalentityresolvingpolicy-swift.property
---

# externalEntityResolvingPolicy

The external entity resolving policy for the parser.

## Declaration

```swift
var externalEntityResolvingPolicy: XMLParser.ExternalEntityResolvingPolicy { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Defaults to NSXMLParserResolveExternalEntitiesNever.