Java File Name Clean cleanFileName(String arg)

Description

clean up file name so that underlying OS can open file spec

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
arg	possibly dirty name

Return

clean name

Declaration

public static String cleanFileName(String arg) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w  ww .j av a 2  s. c  o  m*/
 * FileUtils.java 
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public class Main {
    /**
     * clean up file name so that underlying OS can open file spec
     * @param arg possibly dirty name
     * @return clean name
     */
    public static String cleanFileName(String arg) {
        if (arg == null)
            return arg;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        boolean quoteNeeded = false;
        for (int i = 0; i < arg.length(); i++) {
            char c = arg.charAt(i);
            sb.append(c);
            if (c == ' ')
                quoteNeeded = true;
        }
        if (quoteNeeded)
            return "\"" + sb.toString() + "\"";
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. cleanFileName(final String originalFileName)
2. cleanFileName(final String value)
3. cleanFileName(String badFileName)
4. cleanFilename(String filename)
5. cleanFileName(String filename)
6. cleanFilename(String filename)