Here you can find the source of toId(String id)
public static String toId(String id)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . j ava2 s.c o m * Copyright 2005 JBoss Inc * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { public static String toId(String id) { String fixStart = id; if (!Character.isJavaIdentifierStart(fixStart.charAt(0))) { fixStart = "_" + fixStart; } fixStart = fixStart.replaceAll("_", "__"); StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(); char[] cs = fixStart.toCharArray(); for (char c : cs) { if (Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(c)) { result.append(c); } else { result.append("_" + Integer.valueOf(c)); } } return result.toString(); } }