For readability reasons, the same separator should be used all the time.

Rule can be configured to check one of the following formats:

• key=value (no whitespace before and after the equals sign)
• key: value (one single whitespace after the equals sign)

Noncompliant Code Example

key1=value1
key2 : value2
key3 :value3
key4:    value4

Compliant Solution

key1: value1
key2: value2
key3: value3
key4: value4