# `Protox.Kind`
[🔗](https://github.com/ahamez/protox/blob/main/lib/protox/kind.ex#L1)

Defines the kind of a field.

It can be one of the following:

- `Protox.Scalar` - A [scalar](https://protobuf.dev/programming-guides/proto3/#scalar) value.
- `:packed` - A [packed repeated](https://protobuf.dev/programming-guides/encoding/#packed) field.
- `:unpacked` - An [unpacked repeated](https://protobuf.dev/programming-guides/encoding/#optional) field.
- `:map` - A [map](https://protobuf.dev/programming-guides/encoding/#maps) field.
- `Protox.OneOf` - A [oneof](https://protobuf.dev/programming-guides/encoding/#oneofs) field.

# `t`

```elixir
@type t() :: Protox.Scalar.t() | :packed | :unpacked | :map | Protox.OneOf.t()
```

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