How to add a dot in scala enums values

Question

I have a following enum

object TestKeys extends Enumeration{

    type  TestKeys = Value
    val _id , uuid Status.Date= Value
}

I need to add the dot between Status and Date but Eclipse is not allowing me .I have done some research and here. I found that there is a DescriptionAttribute in c# but its not working in Scala please help me how can i add dot in my enum values

Answer 1

You could use backticks around the name:

scala> object TestKeys extends Enumeration{
           type  TestKeys = Value
           val _id, `Status.Date` = Value
       }
defined object TestKeys

Note however that there are some unexpected side effects:

scala> TestKeys.withName("Status.Date")
java.util.NoSuchElementException: No value found for 'Status.Date'
  at scala.Enumeration.withName(Enumeration.scala:124)
  ... 33 elided

scala> TestKeys.withName("Status$u002EDate")
res7: TestKeys.Value = Status$u002EDate

scala> TestKeys.values
res8: TestKeys.ValueSet = TestKeys.ValueSet(_id, Status$u002EDate)

You can't have a . in a JavaIndentifier:

scala> Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(46)  // 46 is '.'
res16: Boolean = false