Java Path Create toPathName(String name)

Description

Converts a string into a valid path name

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
name	a parameter

Declaration

public static String toPathName(String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from   w w  w  .j av  a  2s . c  o  m*/
 * This file is part of VisiCut.
 * Copyright (C) 2011 - 2013 Thomas Oster <thomas.oster@rwth-aachen.de>
 * RWTH Aachen University - 52062 Aachen, Germany
 *
 *     VisiCut is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *     it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 *     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *     (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *     VisiCut 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 *     along with VisiCut.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 **/

public class Main {
    public static String allowedChars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789.-";

    /**
     * Converts a string into a valid path name
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    public static String toPathName(String name) {
        String result = "";
        for (char c : name.toCharArray()) {
            if (!allowedChars.contains("" + c)) {
                result += "_" + ((int) c) + "_";
            } else {
                result += c;
            }
        }
        return result;
    }
}

Related

1. toPath(String pathName)
2. toPath(String srcPath, boolean nodeModelSource)
3. toPath(String... paths)
4. toPath(String[] array)
5. toPathIndex(String fileName)
6. toPathPart(String fileName)
7. toPathsFromArray(final String[] items)