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Consider changing "instrumentation name" from `-` to `_`
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Description
Consider changing "instrumentation name" from - to _, due to representation in declarative configuration:
instrumentation/development:
java:
apache_httpclient:
enabled: false
Also consider changing scope name.
From @zeitlinger's https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/15698#discussion_r2637425017
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