Java String Sanitize sanitizePath(String input)

Description

Sanitize the given filename/path, so that (1) it is not surrounded with quotation marks "", (2) all occurences of "\\" are changed to a "/", and (3) all occurences of "\" are changed to a "/".

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	the input path

Return

a StringBuffer containing the sanitized input path

Declaration

public static StringBuffer sanitizePath(String input)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w  ww. j  a  v  a  2  s .  c  o m*/
 Copyright 2011 Opera Software ASA

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Sanitize the given filename/path, so that (1) it is not surrounded with quotation marks "", (2)
     * all occurences of "\\" are changed to a "/", and (3) all occurences of "\" are changed to a
     * "/".
     *
     * @param input the input path
     * @return a StringBuffer containing the sanitized input path
     */
    public static StringBuffer sanitizePath(String input) {
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();

        // Strip any surrounding quotation marks, that might have came with the file name from
        // any external source like the Windows environment variable.
        if (input.matches("^\".+\"$")) {
            input = input.substring(1, input.length() - 1);
        }

        // Make sure we use "/" as the path separator, seems to be the best solution. Also, strip double
        // "\\" used as separators.
        input = input.replaceAll("\\\\\\\\", "/");
        input = input.replaceAll("\\\\", "/");

        buf.append(input);
        return buf;
    }
}