}
    }

    // In theory, wildcard rules are not restricted to having the wildcard in the leftmost position.
    // In practice, wildcards are always in the leftmost position. For now, this implementation
    // cheats and does not attempt every possible permutation. Instead, it only considers wildcards
    // in the leftmost position. We assert this fact when we generate the public suffix file. If

   */
  private fun assertWildcardRule(rule: String) {
    check(rule.startsWith(WILDCARD_CHAR)) {
      """Wildcard Assertion Failure: '$rule'
A wildcard rule was added with a wildcard that is not in leftmost position! We'll need to change the ${PublicSuffixDatabase::class.java.name} to handle this."""
    }
    check(rule.indexOf(WILDCARD_CHAR, 1) == -1) {
      """Wildcard Assertion Failure: '$rule'