Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-avro-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-avro-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DD3F37C60 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:27:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 30562 invoked by uid 500); 31 Aug 2011 05:27:14 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-avro-user-archive@avro.apache.org Received: (qmail 29838 invoked by uid 500); 31 Aug 2011 05:27:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@avro.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@avro.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@avro.apache.org Received: (qmail 28727 invoked by uid 99); 31 Aug 2011 05:27:02 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:27:02 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of cwilkes@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.43 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.214.43] (HELO mail-bw0-f43.google.com) (209.85.214.43) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:26:54 +0000 Received: by bkbzv15 with SMTP id zv15so472936bkb.30 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:26:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Aj6dWqlNZw4RyostVS22k/PpRPryD/cbb/bZoaaUtto=; b=xutDm84wUpsJK58FKaJHPcNlcgeSovlx7x51zrz49FYV/HwbvqtYmppqu71mVqyRAA 83ODHRjMhUe9db7GgPxlwXHhD7NppUKpOmZeDMO8lJwoMUSmoAEKJKM4L5pp/21wM9Ux Bz6w8fNR8SjzYWzTsQlClnru/7Rt2vOVgVyPs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.22.15 with SMTP id l15mr691821fab.85.1314768393431; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:26:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.112.19 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:26:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:26:33 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Can the dollar sign be a valid character in a schema name? From: Chris Wilkes To: user@avro.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Ran into an issue today with avro 1.5.3 where someone defined a enum as a inner class: public class Foo { public static enum Bar { ONE, TWO } } And Schema.validateName complained about the name Foo$Bar. Is there any reason to have this restriction?