Java Utililty Methods String Sanitize

List of utility methods to do String Sanitize

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Description

The list of methods to do String Sanitize are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringsanitizeChatMessage(String message)
sanitize Chat Message 
return message.replaceAll("(\\[|\\]|_|\\*|`)", "\\\\$1");
StringsanitizeClassname(String classname)
sanitize Classname 
return classname.replace('.', '/').intern();
StringsanitizeClassName(String s)
Removes package names in instances where Class#getSimpleName() cannot be called, i.e. 
return s.substring(s.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
StringsanitizeColumn(String colName, String relationName)
sanitize Column 
return colName.contains(".") ? colName : relationName + "." + colName;
StringsanitizeCompletion(String replace)
sanitize Completion 
return replace == null ? null : replace.replaceAll(DOLLAR, ESCAPE_DOLLAR);
StringsanitizeDescription(String description)
sanitize Description 
String prefix = "Maven GAV: ";
int i1 = description.indexOf(prefix);
if (i1 != -1) {
    int i2 = description.indexOf(" ", i1 + prefix.length());
    if (i2 != -1) {
        description = description.substring(0, i1) + description.substring(i2);
return description;
StringsanitizeDir(String name)
Takes a directory name and removes any illegal characters and shortens it to 64 characters if needed. 
name = name.replaceAll("[\\\\/:*?\\\"<>|"
        + "\\x00-\\x1F]", 
        "");
name = name.trim();
if (name.length() > 64)
    name = name.substring(0, 64);
return name;
StringsanitizeFolderName(String s)
sanitize Folder Name 
if (s == null)
    return null;
s = s.replace(":", "__");
s = s.replace("/", "__");
s = s.replace("\\", "__");
s = s.replace(" ", "__");
s = s.replace("[", "");
s = s.replace("]", "");
...
StringsanitizeForCmisName(String in)
sanitize For Cmis Name 
if (null == in || in.isEmpty()) {
    return null;
in = in.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z_0-9]", "_").replaceAll("_{2,}+", "_");
return in;
StringsanitizeForCsv(String str)
Sanitizes the string for comma-separated values (CSV) file output.
We follow the definition described by RFC 4180:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180 
return "\"" + str.replace("\"", "\"\"") + "\"";