Java Java String Format toJavaIdentifier(String name)

Description

to Java Identifier

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static final String toJavaIdentifier(String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Red Hat, Inc. 
 * All rights reserved. //from w  w  w .j  a  va  2  s  .  c  om
 * This program is made available under the terms of the 
 * Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, 
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html 
 *
 * Contributors: 
 * Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation 
 *******************************************************************************/

public class Main {
    public static final String toJavaIdentifier(String name) {
        if (name == null || name.isEmpty())
            return "_"; //$NON-NLS-1$

        StringBuffer ncname = new StringBuffer();
        int nameLength = name.length();

        // Check first character
        char c = name.charAt(0);

        if (Character.isJavaIdentifierStart(c))
            ncname.append(c);
        else
            ncname.append('_');
        // Check the rest of the characters
        for (int i = 1; i < nameLength; i++) {
            c = name.charAt(i);
            if (!Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(c)) {
                c = '_';
            }
            ncname.append(c);
        }
        return ncname.toString();
    }
}

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