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# Accessor

## accessor <a href="#accessor.md" id="accessor.md"></a>

Last modified: 03 January 2025

This type represents a safe way to access maps.

{% hint style="info" %}
Note that `<type>` indicates the specific type this instance holds. `Accessor<`[`Texture`](/api/instances/draw/managed/texture.md)`>` for example means that `Get` will return an instance of [`Texture`](/api/instances/draw/managed/texture.md), and `Set` will only accept the type [`Texture`](/api/instances/draw/managed/texture.md) as it's `obj` parameter.
{% endhint %}

## \_\_index <a href="#index" id="index"></a>

[<kbd><mark style="background-color:purple;">**Function**<mark style="background-color:purple;"></kbd>](#user-content-fn-1)[^1]

Returns an object by key.

**Arguments**

| Name  | Type     | Description |
| ----- | -------- | ----------- |
| `key` | `string` | Object key. |

**Returns**

| Type     | Description |
| -------- | ----------- |
| `<type>` | Object.     |

**Example**

```lua
local main_font = draw.fonts['gui_main'];

-- this also works
local main_font_2 = draw.fonts.gui_main;
```

***

## \_\_newindex <a href="#newindex" id="newindex"></a>

[<kbd><mark style="background-color:purple;">**Function**<mark style="background-color:purple;"></kbd>](#user-content-fn-1)[^1]

Sets an object by key.

**Arguments**

| Name  | Type     | Description |
| ----- | -------- | ----------- |
| `key` | `string` | Object key. |
| `obj` | `<type>` | Object.     |

**Returns**

Nothing.

**Example**

```lua
draw.fonts['my_font'] = my_font;

-- this also works
draw.fonts.my_font = my_font;
```

[^1]: This field is a function and must be invoked using a dot (.)


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