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<h1>Custom rule set</h1>
<div class="admonition tip">
<p class="admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p>See <a href="https://medium.com/@vanniktech/writing-your-first-ktlint-rule-5a1707f4ca5b">Writing your first ktlint rule</a> by <a href="https://github.com/vanniktech">Niklas Baudy</a>.</p>
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<p>In a nutshell: a "rule set" is a JAR containing one or more <a href="https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/blob/master/ktlint-rule-engine-core/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/core/api/Rule.kt">Rule</a>s. <code>ktlint</code> is relying on the <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/ServiceLoader.html">ServiceLoader</a> to discover all available "RuleSet"s on the classpath. As a ruleset author, all you need to do is to include a <code>META-INF/services/RuleSetProviderV3</code> file containing a fully qualified name of your <a href="https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/blob/master/ktlint-cli-ruleset-core/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/cli/ruleset/core/api/RuleSetProviderV3.kt">RuleSetProviderV3</a> implementation.</p>
<h2 id="ktlint-ruleset-template">ktlint-ruleset-template<a class="headerlink" href="#ktlint-ruleset-template" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>A complete sample project (with tests and build files) is included in this repo under the <a href="https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/tree/master/ktlint-ruleset-template">ktlint-ruleset-template</a> directory (make sure to check <a href="https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/blob/master/ktlint-ruleset-template/src/test/kotlin/yourpkgname/NoVarRuleTest.kt">NoVarRuleTest</a> as it contains some useful information).</p>
<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">Building the ktlint-ruleset-template</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-0-1" name="__codelineno-0-1" href="#__codelineno-0-1"></a>$<span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">cd</span><span class="w"> </span>ktlint-ruleset-template/
<a id="__codelineno-0-2" name="__codelineno-0-2" href="#__codelineno-0-2"></a>$<span class="w"> </span>../gradlew<span class="w"> </span>build
</code></pre></div>
<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">Provide code sample that violates rule `custom:no-var</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-1-1" name="__codelineno-1-1" href="#__codelineno-1-1"></a>$<span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">echo</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;var v = 0&#39;</span><span class="w"> </span>&gt;<span class="w"> </span>test.kt
</code></pre></div>
<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">Running the ktlint-ruleset-template</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-2-1" name="__codelineno-2-1" href="#__codelineno-2-1"></a><span class="hll">$<span class="w"> </span>ktlint<span class="w"> </span>-R<span class="w"> </span>build/libs/ktlint-ruleset-template.jar<span class="w"> </span>--log-level<span class="o">=</span>debug<span class="w"> </span>--relative<span class="w"> </span>test.kt
</span><a id="__codelineno-2-2" name="__codelineno-2-2" href="#__codelineno-2-2"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-2-3" name="__codelineno-2-3" href="#__codelineno-2-3"></a><span class="m">18</span>:13:21.026<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span>main<span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span>DEBUG<span class="w"> </span>com.pinterest.ktlint.internal.RuleSetsLoader<span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>JAR<span class="w"> </span>ruleset<span class="w"> </span>provided<span class="w"> </span>with<span class="w"> </span>path<span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;/../ktlint/ktlint-ruleset-template/build/libs/ktlint-ruleset-template.jar&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-4" name="__codelineno-2-4" href="#__codelineno-2-4"></a><span class="m">18</span>:13:21.241<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span>main<span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span>DEBUG<span class="w"> </span>com.pinterest.ktlint.Main<span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>Discovered<span class="w"> </span>reporter<span class="w"> </span>with<span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;baseline&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span>id.
<a id="__codelineno-2-5" name="__codelineno-2-5" href="#__codelineno-2-5"></a><span class="m">18</span>:13:21.241<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span>main<span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span>DEBUG<span class="w"> </span>com.pinterest.ktlint.Main<span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>Discovered<span class="w"> </span>reporter<span class="w"> </span>with<span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;checkstyle&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span>id.
<a id="__codelineno-2-6" name="__codelineno-2-6" href="#__codelineno-2-6"></a><span class="m">18</span>:13:21.241<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span>main<span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span>DEBUG<span class="w"> </span>com.pinterest.ktlint.Main<span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>Discovered<span class="w"> </span>reporter<span class="w"> </span>with<span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;json&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span>id.
<a id="__codelineno-2-7" name="__codelineno-2-7" href="#__codelineno-2-7"></a><span class="m">18</span>:13:21.242<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span>main<span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span>DEBUG<span class="w"> </span>com.pinterest.ktlint.Main<span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>Discovered<span class="w"> </span>reporter<span class="w"> </span>with<span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;html&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span>id.
<a id="__codelineno-2-8" name="__codelineno-2-8" href="#__codelineno-2-8"></a><span class="m">18</span>:13:21.242<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span>main<span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span>DEBUG<span class="w"> </span>com.pinterest.ktlint.Main<span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>Discovered<span class="w"> </span>reporter<span class="w"> </span>with<span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;plain&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span>id.
<a id="__codelineno-2-9" name="__codelineno-2-9" href="#__codelineno-2-9"></a><span class="m">18</span>:13:21.242<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span>main<span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span>DEBUG<span class="w"> </span>com.pinterest.ktlint.Main<span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>Discovered<span class="w"> </span>reporter<span class="w"> </span>with<span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;sarif&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span>id.
<a id="__codelineno-2-10" name="__codelineno-2-10" href="#__codelineno-2-10"></a><span class="m">18</span>:13:21.242<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span>main<span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span>DEBUG<span class="w"> </span>com.pinterest.ktlint.Main<span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>Initializing<span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;plain&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span>reporter<span class="w"> </span>with<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">{</span><span class="nv">verbose</span><span class="o">=</span>false,<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">color</span><span class="o">=</span>false,<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">color_name</span><span class="o">=</span>DARK_GRAY<span class="o">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-11" name="__codelineno-2-11" href="#__codelineno-2-11"></a><span class="o">[</span>DEBUG<span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span>Rule<span class="w"> </span>with<span class="w"> </span>id<span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;standard:max-line-length&#39;</span><span class="w"> </span>should<span class="w"> </span>run<span class="w"> </span>after<span class="w"> </span>the<span class="w"> </span>rule<span class="w"> </span>with<span class="w"> </span>id<span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;trailing-comma&#39;</span>.<span class="w"> </span>However,<span class="w"> </span>the<span class="w"> </span>latter<span class="w"> </span>rule<span class="w"> </span>is<span class="w"> </span>not<span class="w"> </span>loaded<span class="w"> </span>and<span class="w"> </span>is<span class="w"> </span>allowed<span class="w"> </span>to<span class="w"> </span>be<span class="w"> </span>ignored.<span class="w"> </span>For<span class="w"> </span>best<span class="w"> </span>results,<span class="w"> </span>it<span class="w"> </span>is<span class="w"> </span>advised<span class="w"> </span>load<span class="w"> </span>the<span class="w"> </span>rule.
<a id="__codelineno-2-12" name="__codelineno-2-12" href="#__codelineno-2-12"></a><span class="o">[</span>DEBUG<span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span>Rules<span class="w"> </span>will<span class="w"> </span>be<span class="w"> </span>executed<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span>order<span class="w"> </span>below<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">(</span>unless<span class="w"> </span>disabled<span class="o">)</span>:
<a id="__codelineno-2-13" name="__codelineno-2-13" href="#__codelineno-2-13"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:filename,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-14" name="__codelineno-2-14" href="#__codelineno-2-14"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:final-newline,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-15" name="__codelineno-2-15" href="#__codelineno-2-15"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:chain-wrapping,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-16" name="__codelineno-2-16" href="#__codelineno-2-16"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:colon-spacing,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-17" name="__codelineno-2-17" href="#__codelineno-2-17"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:comma-spacing,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-18" name="__codelineno-2-18" href="#__codelineno-2-18"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:comment-spacing,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-19" name="__codelineno-2-19" href="#__codelineno-2-19"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:curly-spacing,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-20" name="__codelineno-2-20" href="#__codelineno-2-20"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:dot-spacing,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-21" name="__codelineno-2-21" href="#__codelineno-2-21"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:import-ordering,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-22" name="__codelineno-2-22" href="#__codelineno-2-22"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:keyword-spacing,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-23" name="__codelineno-2-23" href="#__codelineno-2-23"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:modifier-order,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-24" name="__codelineno-2-24" href="#__codelineno-2-24"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:no-blank-line-before-rbrace,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-25" name="__codelineno-2-25" href="#__codelineno-2-25"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:no-consecutive-blank-lines,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-26" name="__codelineno-2-26" href="#__codelineno-2-26"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:no-empty-class-body,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-27" name="__codelineno-2-27" href="#__codelineno-2-27"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:no-line-break-after-else,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-28" name="__codelineno-2-28" href="#__codelineno-2-28"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:no-line-break-before-assignment,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-29" name="__codelineno-2-29" href="#__codelineno-2-29"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:no-multi-spaces,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-30" name="__codelineno-2-30" href="#__codelineno-2-30"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:no-semi,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-31" name="__codelineno-2-31" href="#__codelineno-2-31"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:no-trailing-spaces,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-32" name="__codelineno-2-32" href="#__codelineno-2-32"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:no-unit-return,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-33" name="__codelineno-2-33" href="#__codelineno-2-33"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:no-unused-imports,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-34" name="__codelineno-2-34" href="#__codelineno-2-34"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:no-wildcard-imports,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-35" name="__codelineno-2-35" href="#__codelineno-2-35"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:op-spacing,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-36" name="__codelineno-2-36" href="#__codelineno-2-36"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:parameter-list-wrapping,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-37" name="__codelineno-2-37" href="#__codelineno-2-37"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:paren-spacing,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-38" name="__codelineno-2-38" href="#__codelineno-2-38"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:range-spacing,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-39" name="__codelineno-2-39" href="#__codelineno-2-39"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:string-template,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-40" name="__codelineno-2-40" href="#__codelineno-2-40"></a><span class="hll"><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>custom:no-var,<span class="w"> </span>
</span><a id="__codelineno-2-41" name="__codelineno-2-41" href="#__codelineno-2-41"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:indent,<span class="w"> </span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-42" name="__codelineno-2-42" href="#__codelineno-2-42"></a><span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>standard:max-line-length
<a id="__codelineno-2-43" name="__codelineno-2-43" href="#__codelineno-2-43"></a><span class="hll"><span class="sb">`</span>text<span class="w"> </span>test.kt:1:1:<span class="w"> </span>Unexpected<span class="w"> </span>var,<span class="w"> </span>use<span class="w"> </span>val<span class="w"> </span>instead<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">(</span>cannot<span class="w"> </span>be<span class="w"> </span>auto-corrected<span class="o">)</span><span class="sb">`</span>
</span><a id="__codelineno-2-44" name="__codelineno-2-44" href="#__codelineno-2-44"></a><span class="m">18</span>:13:21.893<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span>main<span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span>DEBUG<span class="w"> </span>com.pinterest.ktlint.Main<span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>872ms<span class="w"> </span>/<span class="w"> </span><span class="m">1</span><span class="w"> </span>file<span class="o">(</span>s<span class="o">)</span><span class="w"> </span>/<span class="w"> </span><span class="m">1</span><span class="w"> </span>error<span class="o">(</span>s<span class="o">)</span>
</code></pre></div>
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<p class="admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p>Multiple custom rule sets can be loaded at the same time.</p>
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<h2 id="abstract-syntax-tree-ast">Abstract Syntax Tree (AST)<a class="headerlink" href="#abstract-syntax-tree-ast" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>While writing/debugging <a href="https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/blob/master/ktlint-rule-engine-core/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/rule/engine/core/api/Rule.kt">Rule</a>s it's often helpful to inspect the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) of the code snippet that is to be linted / formatted. The <a href="https://github.com/JetBrains/psiviewer">Jetbrain PsiViewer plugin for IntelliJ IDEA</a> is a convenient tool to inspect code as shown below:</p>
<p><img alt="Image" src="../../assets/images/psi-viewer.png" /></p>
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