[jira] [Reopened] (IO-555) Add org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.isIllegalWindowsFileName(char)

["Gary Gregory (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-555?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Gary Gregory reopened IO-555:
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> Add org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.isIllegalWindowsFileName(char)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: IO-555
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-555
>             Project: Commons IO
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Gary Gregory
>            Assignee: Gary Gregory
>             Fix For: 2.7
>
>
> Add {{org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.isIllegalWindowsFileName(char)}}.
> {code:java}
>     /**
>      * Checks whether the given character is illegal in a Windows file names.
>      * <p>
>      * The illegal character are:
>      * </p>
>      * <ul>
>      * <li>< (less than</li>
>      * <li>> (greater than</li>
>      * <li>: (colon</li>
>      * <li>" (double quote</li>
>      * <li>/ (forward slash</li>
>      * <li>\ (backslash</li>
>      * <li>| (vertical bar or pipe</li>
>      * <li>? (question mark</li>
>      * <li>* (asterisk</li>
>      * <li>ASCII NUL (0)</li>
>      * <li>Integer characters 1 through 31</li>
>      * <li>There may be other characters that the file name does not allow. Please see
>      * <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx">Naming Files, Paths,
>      * and Namespaces</a></li>
>      * </ul>
>      * 
>      * @see <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx">Naming Files,
>      *      Paths, and Namespaces</a>
>      * @param c
>      *            the character to check
>      * @return whether the give character is legal
>      * @since 2.7
>      */
> {code}
> I use this method as a building block to create file names based on Strings from other sources.
> A further contribution could be: {{String toLegalWindowsFileName(String input, char replacementChar)}}



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