Java Utililty Methods File Name Sanitize

List of utility methods to do File Name Sanitize

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Description

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

Method

Stringsanitize(String fileName)
sanitize 
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
for (char c : fileName.toCharArray()) {
    if (Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(c)) {
        buffer.append(c);
if (buffer.length() == 0) {
    buffer.append(System.currentTimeMillis());
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StringsanitizeBlankNodeName(String filename)
Blank node names should start with a letter and have only letters/numbers. 
StringBuffer ret = new StringBuffer(filename.length());
if (!filename.isEmpty()) {
    char charAt0 = filename.charAt(0);
    if (Character.isLetter(charAt0))
        ret.append(charAt0);
for (int i = 1; i < filename.length(); i++) {
    char ch = filename.charAt(i);
...
StringsanitizeFilename(String filename)
sanitize Filename 
return filename.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9.-]", "_");
StringsanitizeFileName(String filename)
Given an input, return a sanitized form of the input suitable for use as a file/directory name 
return sanitizeFileName(filename, SANITIZED_CHAR);
StringsanitizeFileName(String filename)
sanitize File Name 
if (filename == null)
    return null;
if (filename.contains("/")) {
    filename = filename.replace("/", "_");
if (filename.contains(":")) {
    filename = filename.replace(":", "_");
if (filename.contains("*")) {
    filename = filename.replace("*", "_");
if (filename.contains("?")) {
    filename = filename.replace("?", "_");
if (filename.contains("\"")) {
    filename = filename.replace("\"", "_");
if (filename.contains("<")) {
    filename = filename.replace("<", "_");
if (filename.contains(">")) {
    filename = filename.replace(">", "_");
if (filename.contains("|")) {
    filename = filename.replace("|", "_");
if (filename.contains("\\")) {
    filename = filename.replace("\\", "_");
if (filename.contains("&")) 
    filename = filename.replace("&", "_");
return filename;
StringsanitizeFilename(String fileName)
sanitize Filename 
if (fileName == null) {
    return null;
return fileName.replaceAll("/", ".").replaceAll("[\\[|\\]]", " ").replaceAll(" ", "");
StringsanitizeFilename(String name)
Substitute any characters to be avoided in a file name with '_'. 
if (name.isEmpty())
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Empty file name!");
return name.replaceAll("[\\W&&[^.-]]", "_");
StringsanitizeFileName(String name)
sanitize File Name 
String result = "";
if (name == null)
    return result;
for (int k = 0; k < name.length(); k++) {
    char c = name.charAt(k);
    if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(c))
        result += c;
    else
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StringsanitizeFilename(String name)
Replace forbidden characters with "_" in a filename. 
return name.replaceAll("[:\\\\/*?|<>]", "_");
StringsanitizeFileName(String name)
Sanitizes the name as a valid fat32 filename. 
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(name.length());
for (int i = 0; i < name.length(); i++) {
    int codePoint = name.codePointAt(i);
    char character = name.charAt(i);
    if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(character) || isSpecialFat32(character)) {
        buffer.appendCodePoint(codePoint);
    } else {
        buffer.append("_");
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