Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2007 - 2012 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * Removes invalid char from element names. */ public static String asElementName(String x) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < x.length(); ++i) { char c = x.charAt(i); if (Character.isUpperCase(c) || Character.isLowerCase(c) || Character.isDigit(c) || c == '-' || c == '_') { sb.append(c); } } String elementName = sb.toString(); if (elementName.length() == 0 || (!Character.isUpperCase(elementName.charAt(0)) && !Character.isLowerCase(elementName.charAt(0)))) { return "e" + elementName; } return elementName; } }