Github user dschneider-pivotal commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/incubator-geode/pull/201#discussion_r71577488 --- Diff: geode-core/src/main/java/com/gemstone/gemfire/internal/cache/LocalRegion.java --- @@ -7769,17 +7879,55 @@ void cleanUpOnIncompleteOp(EntryEventImpl event, RegionEntry re) { this.entries.removeEntry(event.getKey(), re, false) ; } - static void validateRegionName(String name) + static void validateRegionName(String name, InternalRegionArguments internalRegionArgs) { if (name == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(LocalizedStrings.LocalRegion_NAME_CANNOT_BE_NULL.toLocalizedString()); } - if (name.length() == 0) { + if (name.isEmpty()) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(LocalizedStrings.LocalRegion_NAME_CANNOT_BE_EMPTY.toLocalizedString()); } - if (name.indexOf(SEPARATOR) >= 0) { + if (name.contains(SEPARATOR)) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(LocalizedStrings.LocalRegion_NAME_CANNOT_CONTAIN_THE_SEPARATOR_0.toLocalizedString(SEPARATOR)); } + + // Validate the name of the region only if it isn't an internal region + if (internalRegionArgs.isInternalRegion()){ + return; + } + if (internalRegionArgs.isUsedForMetaRegion()) { + return; + } + if (internalRegionArgs.isUsedForPartitionedRegionAdmin()) { + return; + } + if (internalRegionArgs.isUsedForPartitionedRegionBucket()) { + return; + } + +// LocalRegion metaRegion = internalRegionArgs.getInternalMetaRegion(); +// if (metaRegion != null) { +// if (metaRegion instanceof HARegion) { +// if (metaRegion.getName().equals(name)) { +// return; +// } +// } +// if (metaRegion instanceof SerialGatewaySenderQueueMetaRegion) { +// return; +// } +// } + + if (name.startsWith("__") --- End diff -- Why was the special case needed? Shouldn't this region have set isInternalRegion?
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