+ /**
+ * Replaces characters which are invalid in a JCR name by '_'. Currently not
+ * exhaustive.
+ *
+ * @see JcrUtils#INVALID_NAME_CHARACTERS
+ */
+ public static String replaceInvalidChars(String name) {
+ return replaceInvalidChars(name, '_');
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Replaces characters which are invalid in a JCR name. Currently not
+ * exhaustive.
+ *
+ * @see JcrUtils#INVALID_NAME_CHARACTERS
+ */
+ public static String replaceInvalidChars(String name, char replacement) {
+ boolean modified = false;
+ char[] arr = name.toCharArray();
+ for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+ char c = arr[i];
+ invalid: for (char invalid : INVALID_NAME_CHARACTERS) {
+ if (c == invalid) {
+ arr[i] = replacement;
+ modified = true;
+ break invalid;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ if (modified)
+ return new String(arr);
+ else
+ // do not create new object if unnecessary
+ return name;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Removes forbidden characters from a path, replacing them with '_'
+ *
+ * @deprecated use {@link #replaceInvalidChars(String)} instead
+ */
+ public static String removeForbiddenCharacters(String str) {
+ return str.replace('[', '_').replace(']', '_').replace('/', '_')
+ .replace('*', '_');
+
+ }
+