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What is the recommended way to import types?

In my test code, I want to check some fields in an aws.backup.Plan's rules property. The type is `input/backup/PlanRule[]`

I'm currently using `import {input} from "@pulumi/aws/types"` and then I can use `input.backup.PlanRule`.

Is that the right way to do it? Is there a shorter way, or a way to make it look like `aws.backup.PlanRule`,  or...?

Is this what you are looking for?
```import * as aws from "@pulumi/aws";

const myplan = new aws.backup.Plan("shaht-backupplan", {
    name: "shahtbackupplan",
    rules: [{
        ruleName: "tf_example_backup_rule",
        targetVaultName: "Default",
        schedule: "cron(0 12 * * ? *)",
    }],
    advancedBackupSettings: [{
        backupOptions: {
            WindowsVSS: "enabled",
        },
        resourceType: "EC2",
    }],
});

export const backup_plan_name = myplan.name;
export const backup_plan_version = myplan.version;
export const backup_plan_rules = myplan.rules;
export const backup_plan_lifecycle = myplan.rules[0]["lifecycle"];
export const backup_plan_completionWindow = myplan.rules[0]["completionWindow"];
export const backup_plan_schedule = myplan.rules[0]["schedule"];```
The last 3 lines seem like the what you want to get at
Here is my output of them:
`backup_plan_completionWindow  180`
 `backup_plan_lifecycle         null`
`backup_plan_schedule          cron(0 12 * * ? *)`

I want to use an object of type PlanRule, and strongly type it. I want to be able to do something like `const rule: aws.backup.PlanRule = plan.rules[0];`

I expected to be use `aws.backup.PlanRule`, since that's where everything else is, but instead I'm having to use `input.backup.PlanRule`. I just wanted to know if that's expected and I'm doing it correctly, or if there's a different (better) way to do it.