Main.java Source code

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//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Checks that string is a valid xml element name
     * 
     *   Names can contain letters, numbers and other characters
     *   Names cannot start with a number or punctuation character
     *   Names cannot start with the letters xml (case insensitive)
     *   Names cannot contain spaces
     * 
     * @param name The string to check
     * @return True if valid
     */
    public static boolean isValidElementOrAttribute(String name) {

        // Can't start with punctuation or a number
        if (!name.matches("^[a-zA-Z].*")) {
            return false;
        }

        // Can't start with xml (in any case)
        if (name.toLowerCase().startsWith("xml")) {
            return false;
        }

        // Can't contain spaces, ampersands, greater than or less than, fwd or back slash
        // semi-colon, asterisk, open and close (), open and close {}, open and close []
        // plus sign, single quote, double quote, question mark, exclamation mark, back tick
        // tilde, at sign, dollar sign, percent sign, caret, equals, comma
        return !name.matches("^[a-zA-Z].*[\\s&<>/\\\\|;\\*\\(\\)\\{\\}\\[\\]\\+'\"\\?\\!`~@\\$\\%\\^=,].*");
    }
}