Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Created on 16/07/2004 * YAWLEditor v1.01 * * @author Lindsay Bradford * * * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ public class Main { /** * Returns whether the string supplied could be used as a valid XML name. * @param name The string to test for XML name validity. * @return true if the string can be used as a valid XML name, false otherwise. */ public static boolean isValidXMLName(String name) { String trimmedName = name.trim(); boolean currentCharacterValid; if (name == null || trimmedName.length() == 0) { return false; } // ensure that XML standard reserved names are not used if (trimmedName.toUpperCase().startsWith("XML")) { return false; } // test that name starts with a valid XML name-starting character if (!Character.isUpperCase(trimmedName.charAt(0)) && !Character.isLowerCase(trimmedName.charAt(0)) && trimmedName.charAt(0) != '_') { return false; } // test that remainder name chars are a valid XML name characters if (name.trim().length() > 0) { for (int i = 1; i < trimmedName.length(); i++) { currentCharacterValid = false; if (Character.isUpperCase(trimmedName.charAt(i)) || Character.isLowerCase(trimmedName.charAt(i)) || Character.isDigit(trimmedName.charAt(i))) { currentCharacterValid = true; } if (trimmedName.charAt(i) == '_' || trimmedName.charAt(i) == '-' || trimmedName.charAt(i) == '.') { currentCharacterValid = true; } if (!currentCharacterValid) { return false; } } } return true; } }