# ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY

# DIRECTORY

```
object DIRECTORY : ArtifactKind<Directory>
```

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| [kotlin.Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html)                                                                                                  |||
| ↳ | [com.android.build.api.artifact.ArtifactKind](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.1/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind)\<[org.gradle.api.file.Directory](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/Directory.html)\> ||
|   | ↳ | [com.android.build.api.artifact.ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.1/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY#) |

## Summary

|                                                                                                                                                             ### Public methods                                                                                                                                                             ||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [KClass](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.reflect/-k-class/index.html)\<[Directory](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/Directory.html)\> | [dataType](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.1/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY#dataType())`()` <br /> |

## Public methods

### dataType

```
fun dataType(): KClass<Directory>
```

| Return ||
|---|---|
| The data type used by Gradle to represent the file abstraction for this artifact kind. ||