# ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY

# ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY

[View Source](https://cs.android.com/search?q=file:com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind.kt+class:com.android.build.api.artifact.ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY)  
Added in 4.2.0  

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```
object ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY : ArtifactKind
```

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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/8.13/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind)                        ||
|   | ↳ | [com.android.build.api.artifact.ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.13/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY) |

*** ** * ** ***

A type of artifact file that is a[Directory](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/Directory.html)

## Summary

|                                                                                     ### Public functions                                                                                      |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `open `[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/8.13/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY#dataType())`()` |

## Public functions

### dataType

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

|                                                                                        Returns                                                                                         |
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| [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)`>` | The data type used by Gradle to represent the file abstraction for this artifact kind. |