---
title: VZCustomVirtioDeviceProvider
framework: virtualization
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: virtualization/vzcustomvirtiodeviceprovider
---

# VZCustomVirtioDeviceProvider

A base class that describes the provider of a custom Virtio device.

## Declaration

```swift
class VZCustomVirtioDeviceProvider
```

## Overview

Overview A Custom Virtio device provider describes how the custom Virtio device is implemented. Don’t instantiate VZCustomVirtioDeviceProvider directly. use one of its subclasses such as VZCustomVirtioDeviceDelegateProvider instead.

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Inherited By

- [VZCustomVirtioDeviceDelegateProvider](virtualization/vzcustomvirtiodevicedelegateprovider.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Related Documentation

- [VZCustomVirtioDeviceDelegateProvider](virtualization/vzcustomvirtiodevicedelegateprovider.md)

### Responding to Virtio driver events

- [VZCustomVirtioDeviceDelegateProvider](virtualization/vzcustomvirtiodevicedelegateprovider.md)