Some of our user data comes in tagged with human readable names (eg.,
with spaces) which we'd like to maintain as is, but which causes
problems for RealType/ScalarType objects when they hit validateName().
I guess the question is why are there "reserved" characters for the
RealType/ScalarType name String's, or alternatively, what would break if
a name were just any String?
Would this work and are there hidden effects???
/**
* Throw a <CODE>TypeException</CODE> if the name is invalid.
*
* @param name Name to check.
* @param type Type used in exception message.
*
* @exception TypeException If there is a problem with the name.
*/
public static synchronized void validateName(String name, String type)
throws TypeException
{
if (name == null) {
throw new TypeException("ScalarType: " + type + " cannot be
null");
}
// if (name.indexOf(".") > -1 ||
// name.indexOf(" ") > -1 ||
// name.indexOf("(") > -1 ||
// name.indexOf(")") > -1) {
// throw new TypeException("ScalarType: " + type + " cannot contain
" +
// "space . ( or ) " + name);
// }
if (getScalarTypeByName(name) != null) {
throw new TypeException("ScalarType: " + type + " already used");
}
if (Translations.containsKey(name)) {
throw new TypeException("ScalarType: " + type + " already used" +
" as an alias");
}
}
thanks... dlf
