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title: Enforce packing naming convention
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# Enforce packing naming convention

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `kotlin-best-practices/package-naming`

**Language:** Kotlin

**Severity:** Notice

**Category:** Best Practices

## Description{% #description %}

Package names in Kotlin should be lowercase, and should not contain underscores.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```kotlin
package foo.`foo bar`
```

```kotlin
package `foo bar`
```

```kotlin
package Foo
```

```kotlin
package foo.Foo
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```kotlin
package foo.bar
```

```kotlin
package foo
```

```kotlin
package something1.foo1.foo2
```
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