Java tutorial
import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { try { Path path = Paths.get("/home\0", "docs", "users.txt"); System.out.println("Absolute path: " + path.toAbsolutePath()); } catch (InvalidPathException ex) { System.out.println("Bad path: [" + ex.getInput() + "] at position " + ex.getIndex()); } } }