Maybe it can help you,
/**
* Creates a valid jcr label from the given one
*
* @param label
* @return
*/
private static String makeValidJCRPath(String label, boolean
appendLeadingSlash) {
if (appendLeadingSlash && !label.startsWith("/")) {
label = "/" + label;
}
StringBuffer ret = new StringBuffer(label.length());
for (int i=0; i<label.length(); i++) {
char c = label.charAt(i);
if (c=='*' || c=='\'' || c=='\"') {
c='_';
/* not quite correct: [] may be the index of a previously
exported item. */
} else if (c=='[') {
c='(';
} else if (c==']') {
c=')';
}
ret.append(c);
}
return ret.toString();
}
2007/11/26, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Nov 26, 2007 5:44 PM, Brian Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In my application, I implemented a custom search/replace method to
> filter
> > out illegal characters. It's pretty simple to write, so I didn't spend
> much
> > time looking for a library method to handle it. AFAIK, the Jackrabbit
> API
> > doesn't address this issue. I could be wrong, though (correct me if I'm
> > wrong, please, Jackrabbit devs!).
>
> There are two classed for this purpose in the jackrabbit-jcr-commons
> component:
>
> org.apache.jackrabbit.util.ISO9075 [1]
>
> This class implements the ISO9075 escaping mechanism that the JCR spec
> uses in the document view serialization format. All invalid name
> characters are converted to _xNNNN_ sequences, where NNNN is the
> hexadecimal representation of the Unicode code unit (UTF-16) of the
> character in question.
>
> This escaping format can look a bit surprising if you use the document
> view export feature, as the _x prefix ends up doubly escaped when
> exported to XML.
>
> org.apache.jackrabbit.util.Text [2]
>
> This class implements (among other things) a few variations of the URI
> escaping mechanism defined in RFC 2396. All invalid (as defined by the
> escaping method you choose) characters are converted to %NN sequences
> where NN is the hexadecimal representation of the Unicode code unit
> (UTF-8) of the character in question.
>
> This escaping format can look a bit surprising if you map node names
> or paths to URIs, as the % prefix ends up doubly escaped.
>
> [1]
> http://jackrabbit.apache.org/api/1.3/org/apache/jackrabbit/util/ISO9075.html
> [2]
> http://jackrabbit.apache.org/api/1.3/org/apache/jackrabbit/util/Text.html
>
> BR,
>
> Jukka Zitting
>
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