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Enforce consistent newline usage

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Metadata

ID: kotlin-code-style/no-consecutive-blank-lines

Language: Kotlin

Severity: Notice

Category: Code Style

Description

Code is more consistent and readable when there are not a variable number of consecutive newlines.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

package com.datadog.appsec;


import com.datadog.appsec.event.data.Address;
import java.util.Collection;




public interface AppSecModule { }

Compliant Code Examples

package com.datadog.appsec;

import com.datadog.appsec.event.data.Address;
import java.util.Collection;


////////////////////////////////////
// Newlines between comments are ok
////////////////////////////////////


public interface AppSecModule { }

How to use this rule

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2
rulesets:
  - kotlin-code-style     # Rules to enforce Kotlin code style.

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