ClassOrdering.md

Pattern: Wrong class content order

Issue: -

Description

Ensures class contents are ordered as follows as recommended by the Kotlin Coding Conventions:

• Property declarations and initializer blocks
• Secondary constructors
• Method declarations
• Companion object

Example of incorrect code:

class OutOfOrder {
    companion object {
        const val IMPORTANT_VALUE = 3
    }

    fun returnX(): Int {
        return x
    }

    private val x = 2
}

Example of correct code:

class InOrder {
    private val x = 2

    fun returnX(): Int {
        return x
    }

    companion object {
        const val IMPORTANT_VALUE = 3
    }
}

Further Reading

• Detekt - ClassOrdering