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# init(kind:)

Returns an `NSXMLNode` instance initialized with the constant indicating node kind.

```
convenience init(kind: XMLNode.Kind)
```

## Parameters

`kind`

An `enum` constant of type [`XMLNode.Kind`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLNode/Kind-swift.enum) that indicates the type of node. See Constants for a list of valid NSXMLNodeKind constants.

## Return Value

An `NSXMLNode` object initialized with kind or `nil` if the object couldn’t be created. If `kind` is not a valid NSXMLNodeKind constant, the method returns an `NSXMLNode` object of kind `NSXMLInvalidKind`.

## Discussion

This method invokes [`init(kind:options:)`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLNode/init(kind:options:)) with the `options` parameter set to `NSXMLNodeOptionsNone`.

Do not use this initializer for creating instances of [`XMLDTDNode`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLDTDNode) for attribute-list declarations. Instead, use the [`dtdNode(withXMLString:)`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLNode/dtdNode(withXMLString:)) class method of this class or the [`init(xmlString:)`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLDTDNode/init(xmlString:)-1dyhd) method of the `NSXMLDTDNode` class.

## See Also

  [Tree-Based XML Programming Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/NSXML_Concepts/NSXML.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001269)


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