---
title: childContours
framework: vision
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: vision/contoursobservation/contour/childcontours
---

# childContours

An array of contours that this contour encloses.

## Declaration

```swift
var childContours: [ContoursObservation.Contour] { get }
```

## See Also

### Inspecting a contour

- [aspectRatio](vision/contoursobservation/contour/aspectratio.md)
- [boundingBox](vision/contoursobservation/contour/boundingbox.md)
- [boundingQuad](vision/contoursobservation/contour/boundingquad.md)
- [indexPath](vision/contoursobservation/contour/indexpath.md)
- [normalizedPath](vision/contoursobservation/contour/normalizedpath.md)
- [normalizedPoints](vision/contoursobservation/contour/normalizedpoints.md)
- [pointCount](vision/contoursobservation/contour/pointcount.md)
- [points](vision/contoursobservation/contour/points.md)