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prefer-named-imports

added in: 1.10.0
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⚙️
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Warns if the configured import is not a named import.

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This rule requires configuration in order to highlight any issues.

⚙️ Config​

Set entries (default is empty) to configure the list of named import entries.

Each entry is either a map or a string.

If the entry is a map, the key represents the imported package name and the value is the expected name alias.

If the entry is a string, the value represents both the imported package name and the expected name alias.

dart_code_metrics:
  ...
  rules:
    ...
    - prefer-named-imports:
        entries:
          - test
          - path: p
          - "dart:io": io

Example​

With the configuration in the example above, here are some bad/good examples.

❌ Bad:

import 'package:test/test.dart'; // LINT
import 'package:some/other.dart';
import 'package:path/path.dart'; // LINT

✅ Good:

import 'package:test/test.dart' as test;
import 'package:some/other.dart';
import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;