# 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


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

<br />

|---|---|---|
| [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/9.6/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind)\<[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/9.6/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY) |

*** ** * ** ***

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

## Summary

| ### Public functions |
|---|---|
| `open https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.reflect/-k-class/index.html<https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/Directory.html>` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/9.6/com/android/build/api/artifact/ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY#dataType()()` |

## Public functions

### dataType

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

| Returns |
|---|---|
| `https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.reflect/-k-class/index.html<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. |