---
title: MTLFunctionType.kernel
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: metal/mtlfunctiontype/kernel
---

# MTLFunctionType.kernel

A kernel you can use in a compute pipeline state object.

## Declaration

```swift
case kernel
```

## See Also

### Function types

- [MTLFunctionType.vertex](metal/mtlfunctiontype/vertex.md)
- [MTLFunctionType.fragment](metal/mtlfunctiontype/fragment.md)
- [MTLFunctionType.intersection](metal/mtlfunctiontype/intersection.md)
- [MTLFunctionType.visible](metal/mtlfunctiontype/visible.md)