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No wildcard imports

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ID: kotlin-best-practices/no-wildcard-import

Language: Kotlin

Severity: Notice

Category: Best Practices

Description

Wild card imports should be avoided in favor of directly importing a class or function. This rule helps to ensure dependencies are explicitly defined.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

import foobar.foo.*

Compliant Code Examples

import foo
import foobar.Bar
import foobar.Foo

How to use this rule

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rulesets:
  - kotlin-best-practices     # Rules to enforce Kotlin best practices.

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