# Hierarchy
**NodeHeader**
# Constructors
## constructor
⊕ **new NodeHeader**(input?: *`null` \| `Uint8Array` \| `Array`<`null` \| `Uint8Array`>*): [NodeHeader](_nodeheader_.nodeheader.md)
*Defined in [NodeHeader.ts:40](https://github.com/polkadot-js/common/blob/e19d377/packages/trie-codec/src/NodeHeader.ts#L40)*
**Parameters:**
| Name | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `Optional` input | `null` \| `Uint8Array` \| `Array`<`null` \| `Uint8Array`> |
**Returns:** [NodeHeader](_nodeheader_.nodeheader.md)
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# Accessors
## encodedLength
getencodedLength(): `number`
*Defined in [NodeHeader.ts:92](https://github.com/polkadot-js/common/blob/e19d377/packages/trie-codec/src/NodeHeader.ts#L92)*
**Returns:** `number`
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## nodeType
getnodeType(): `number`
*Defined in [NodeHeader.ts:114](https://github.com/polkadot-js/common/blob/e19d377/packages/trie-codec/src/NodeHeader.ts#L114)*
**Returns:** `number`
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## value
getvalue(): [Null](_nodeheader_.null.md) \| [BranchHeader](_nodeheader_.branchheader.md) \| [ExtensionHeader](_nodeheader_.extensionheader.md) \| [LeafHeader](_nodeheader_.leafheader.md)
*Defined in [NodeHeader.ts:118](https://github.com/polkadot-js/common/blob/e19d377/packages/trie-codec/src/NodeHeader.ts#L118)*
**Returns:** [Null](_nodeheader_.null.md) \| [BranchHeader](_nodeheader_.branchheader.md) \| [ExtensionHeader](_nodeheader_.extensionheader.md) \| [LeafHeader](_nodeheader_.leafheader.md)
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# Methods
## toU8a
▸ **toU8a**(): `Uint8Array`
*Defined in [NodeHeader.ts:122](https://github.com/polkadot-js/common/blob/e19d377/packages/trie-codec/src/NodeHeader.ts#L122)*
**Returns:** `Uint8Array`
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