---
title: access
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: metal/mtlargumentdescriptor/access
---

# access

The access permissions of the argument.

## Declaration

```swift
var access: MTLBindingAccess { get set }
```

## See Also

### Setting the descriptor’s properties

- [dataType](metal/mtlargumentdescriptor/datatype.md)
- [index](metal/mtlargumentdescriptor/index.md)
- [arrayLength](metal/mtlargumentdescriptor/arraylength.md)
- [constantBlockAlignment](metal/mtlargumentdescriptor/constantblockalignment.md)
- [textureType](metal/mtlargumentdescriptor/texturetype.md)