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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/metadata](./metadata.md) &gt; [MetadataAccessor](./metadata.metadataaccessor.md)

## MetadataAccessor class

A strongly-typed metadata accessor via reflection

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare class MetadataAccessor<T, D extends DecoratorType = DecoratorType> 
```

## Properties

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[key](./metadata.metadataaccessor.key.md)


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`readonly`


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string


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## Methods

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[create(key)](./metadata.metadataaccessor.create.md)


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`static`


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Create a strongly-typed metadata accessor


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[toString()](./metadata.metadataaccessor.tostring.md)


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