Java File Name Sanitize sanitizeForFileName(final String orig)

Description

Converts a string into an other string that looks about as similar to the original as possible, while being save (and nice) to be used as a (part of a) file name.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
orig	to be sanitized; might contain any character

Return

sanitized version of orig

Declaration

public static String sanitizeForFileName(final String orig)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from ww w  .j a v  a2s  . com
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Universitat Pompeu Fabra
 *
 * This program 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.
 *
 * This program 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 this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Converts a string into an other string that looks about as similar to the original
     * as possible, while being save (and nice) to be used as a (part of a) file name.
     * @param orig to be sanitized; might contain any character
     * @return sanitized version of {@code orig}
     */
    public static String sanitizeForFileName(final String orig) {

        return orig.replaceAll("[^_\\-.0-9a-zA-Z]", "_");
    }
}