# ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY

# ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY


```
public static class ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY extends ArtifactKind
```

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| [java.lang.Object](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Object.html)                                                                                 |||
| ↳ | [com.android.build.api.artifact.ArtifactKind](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind)                        ||
|   | ↳ | [com.android.build.api.artifact.ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY) |

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## Summary

|                                                                                                                           ### Public fields                                                                                                                            |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `static @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY) | [INSTANCE](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY#INSTANCE()) |

|                                                                                                                                                                                                ### Public methods                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| `@`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[KClass](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.reflect/-k-class/index.html)`<@`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[Directory](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/Directory.html)`>` | [dataType](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY#dataType())`()` |

## Public fields

### INSTANCE

```
public static @NonNull ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY INSTANCE
```  

## Public methods

### dataType

```
public @NonNull KClass<@NonNull Directory> dataType()
```  

|                                                                                                                                                                                                     Returns                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| `@`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[KClass](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.reflect/-k-class/index.html)`<@`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[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. |