---
title: ReferenceFileDocument.ReadConfiguration
framework: swiftui
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Alias
path: swiftui/referencefiledocument/readconfiguration
---

# ReferenceFileDocument.ReadConfiguration

The configuration for reading document contents.

## Declaration

```swift
typealias ReadConfiguration = FileDocumentReadConfiguration
```

## Discussion

Discussion This type is an alias for FileDocumentReadConfiguration, which contains a content type and a file wrapper that you use to access the contents of a document file. You get a value of this type as an input to the init(configuration:) initializer. Use it to load a document from a file.

## See Also

### Reading a document

- [init(configuration:)](swiftui/referencefiledocument/init(configuration:).md)
- [readableContentTypes](swiftui/referencefiledocument/readablecontenttypes.md)