[Geneva.Metrics] Add option to disable name validation

src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 * Update OpenTelemetry to 1.4.0
   ([#1038](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/1038))
 
+* Add `DisableMetricNameValidation` connection string flag for controlling
+  metric name validation performed by the OpenTelemetry SDK.
+  ([#1006](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/1006))
+
 ## 1.4.0-rc.4
 
 Released 2023-Feb-13

src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva/Internal/ConnectionStringBuilder.cs

@@ -230,6 +230,20 @@ public string Namespace
         set => this._parts[nameof(this.Namespace)] = value;
     }
 
+    public bool DisableMetricNameValidation
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            if (!this._parts.TryGetValue(nameof(this.DisableMetricNameValidation), out var value))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return string.Equals(bool.TrueString, value, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+        set => this._parts[nameof(this.DisableMetricNameValidation)] = value ? bool.TrueString : bool.FalseString;
+    }
+
     private T ThrowIfNotExists<T>(string name)
     {
         if (!this._parts.TryGetValue(name, out var value))

src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva/Metrics/GenevaMetricExporter.cs

@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using OpenTelemetry.Internal;
 using OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 
@@ -108,6 +110,11 @@ public GenevaMetricExporter(GenevaMetricExporterOptions options)
         {
             this.fixedPayloadStartIndex = sizeof(BinaryHeader);
         }
+
+        if (connectionStringBuilder.DisableMetricNameValidation)
+        {
+            DisableOpenTelemetrySdkMetricNameValidation();
+        }
     }
 
     public override ExportResult Export(in Batch<Metric> batch)
@@ -258,6 +265,22 @@ protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
         base.Dispose(disposing);
     }
 
+    internal static PropertyInfo GetOpenTelemetryInstrumentNameRegexProperty()
+    {
+        var meterProviderBuilderSdkType = typeof(Sdk).Assembly.GetType("OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilderSdk", throwOnError: false)
+            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilderSdk type could not be found reflectively.");
+
+        var instrumentNameRegexProperty = meterProviderBuilderSdkType.GetProperty("InstrumentNameRegex", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static)
+            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MeterProviderBuilderSdk.InstrumentNameRegex property could not be found reflectively.");
+
+        return instrumentNameRegexProperty;
+    }
+
+    internal static void DisableOpenTelemetrySdkMetricNameValidation()
+    {
+        GetOpenTelemetryInstrumentNameRegexProperty().SetValue(null, new Regex(".*", RegexOptions.Compiled));
+    }
+
     internal unsafe ushort SerializeMetric(
         MetricEventType eventType,
         string metricName,

test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva.Tests/GenevaMetricExporterTests.cs

@@ -625,6 +625,62 @@ public void SuccessfulExportOnLinux()
         }
     }
 
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(true)]
+    [InlineData(false)]
+    public void DisableMetricNameValidationTest(bool disableMetricNameValidation)
+    {
+        var instrumentNameRegexProperty = GenevaMetricExporter.GetOpenTelemetryInstrumentNameRegexProperty();
+        var initialInstrumentNameRegexValue = instrumentNameRegexProperty.GetValue(null);
+        Socket server = null;
+        try
+        {
+            var exportedMetrics = new List<Metric>();
+
+            using var meter = new Meter(Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
+
+            using (var provider = Sdk.CreateMeterProviderBuilder()
+                .AddMeter(meter.Name)
+                .AddGenevaMetricExporter(options =>
+                {
+                    if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+                    {
+                        options.ConnectionString = $"Account=OTelMonitoringAccount;Namespace=OTelMetricNamespace;DisableMetricNameValidation={disableMetricNameValidation}";
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        var path = GenerateTempFilePath();
+                        options.ConnectionString = $"Endpoint=unix:{path};Account=OTelMonitoringAccount;Namespace=OTelMetricNamespace;DisableMetricNameValidation={disableMetricNameValidation}";
+
+                        var endpoint = new UnixDomainSocketEndPoint(path);
+                        server = new Socket(AddressFamily.Unix, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.IP);
+                        server.Bind(endpoint);
+                        server.Listen(1);
+                    }
+                })
+                .AddInMemoryExporter(exportedMetrics)
+                .Build())
+            {
+                var counter = meter.CreateCounter<int>("count/invalid");
+                counter.Add(1);
+            }
+
+            if (disableMetricNameValidation)
+            {
+                Assert.Single(exportedMetrics);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Assert.Empty(exportedMetrics);
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            instrumentNameRegexProperty.SetValue(null, initialInstrumentNameRegexValue);
+            server?.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
     private static string GenerateTempFilePath()
     {
         while (true)