# ArtifactKind.FILE

# FILE

```
object FILE : ArtifactKind<RegularFile>
```

|---|---|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [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.RegularFile](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/RegularFile.html)\> ||
|   | ↳ | [com.android.build.api.artifact.ArtifactKind.FILE](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.1/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind.FILE#) |

## Summary

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

## Public methods

### dataType

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

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