Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* This file is part of Subsonic. Subsonic is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Subsonic is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Subsonic. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. Copyright 2009 (C) Sindre Mehus */ public class Main { private static final String[] FILE_SYSTEM_UNSAFE_DIR = { "\\", "..", ":", "\"", "?", "*", "<", ">" }; /** * Makes a given filename safe by replacing special characters like colons (":") * with dashes ("-"). * * @param path The path of the directory in question. * @return The the directory name with special characters replaced by hyphens. */ private static String fileSystemSafeDir(String path) { if (path == null || path.trim().length() == 0) { return ""; } for (String s : FILE_SYSTEM_UNSAFE_DIR) { path = path.replace(s, "-"); } return path; } }