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

Stringsanitize(String string)
sanitize 
string = string.replace(" ", "");
string = string.replace(")(", ")*(");
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder("");
int depth = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) {
    if (string.charAt(i) == '-' && depth == 0) {
        result.append("+(-1)*");
    } else {
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Stringsanitize(String string, boolean allowWhitespace)
sanitize 
if (allowWhitespace) {
    return string.replaceAll("[^A-Za-z0-9_ ]", "");
return string.replaceAll("[^A-Za-z0-9_]", "");
Stringsanitize(String string, String spaceReplace)
Sanitizes the provided message, removing any non-alphanumeric characters and swapping spaces with the specified string. 
return string.replaceAll("[^\\dA-Za-z ]", "").replaceAll("\\s+", spaceReplace);
Stringsanitize(String text)
sanitize 
if (text != null)
    return text.replaceAll("[,|;|\\.|-]", "");
return "";
Stringsanitize(String text)
sanitize 
String result = text;
result = result.replaceAll(CHAR_8220, CHAR_QUOTE);
result = result.replaceAll(CHAR_8221, CHAR_QUOTE);
result = result.replaceAll(CHAR_8222, CHAR_QUOTE);
return result;
Stringsanitize(String value)
Remove non-alphabetic characters from a string 
return value.toLowerCase().replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z]", "");
StringsanitizeAppAlias(String appAlias)
Make sure the app alias only has alphanumeric and common punctuation characters. 
if (appAlias == null) {
    return null;
} else {
    return appAlias.replaceAll("[^\\w\\-'\"\\s]", "");
StringsanitizeAttribute(String value)
Nukes special attribute characters. 
for (int ii = 0; ii < ATTR_ESCAPES.length; ++ii) {
    value = value.replace(ATTR_ESCAPES[ii][0], "");
return value;
StringsanitizeBranchName(String currentBranch)
sanitize Branch Name 
return currentBranch.replaceAll("[\\s\\-#/\\\\]+", "_");
StringsanitizeBrowserName(String browserName)
sanitize Browser Name 
browserName = browserName.toLowerCase();
browserName = browserName.replace("mobile", "").trim();
return browserName;