---
title: USDLayer.Path.Kind
framework: usdkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Enumeration
path: usdkit/usdlayer/path/kind-swift.enum
---

# USDLayer.Path.Kind

The classification of the path’s leaf element.

## Declaration

```swift
enum Kind
```

## Topics

### Enumeration Cases

- [USDLayer.Path.Kind.absoluteRoot](usdkit/usdlayer/path/kind-swift.enum/absoluteroot.md)
- [USDLayer.Path.Kind.empty](usdkit/usdlayer/path/kind-swift.enum/empty.md)
- [USDLayer.Path.Kind.expression](usdkit/usdlayer/path/kind-swift.enum/expression.md)
- [USDLayer.Path.Kind.mapper](usdkit/usdlayer/path/kind-swift.enum/mapper.md)
- [USDLayer.Path.Kind.mapperArgument](usdkit/usdlayer/path/kind-swift.enum/mapperargument.md)
- [USDLayer.Path.Kind.prim](usdkit/usdlayer/path/kind-swift.enum/prim.md)
- [USDLayer.Path.Kind.primVariantSelection](usdkit/usdlayer/path/kind-swift.enum/primvariantselection.md)
- [USDLayer.Path.Kind.property](usdkit/usdlayer/path/kind-swift.enum/property.md)
- [USDLayer.Path.Kind.target](usdkit/usdlayer/path/kind-swift.enum/target.md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Escapable](swift/escapable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)