Is there a cross-platform Java method to remove filename special chars?

Question

I\'m making a cross-platform application that renames files based on data retrieved online. I\'d like to sanitize the Strings I took from a web API for the current platform.

Answer 1

Paths.get(...) throws a detailed exception with the position of the illegal character.

public static String removeInvalidChars(final String fileName)
{
  try
  {
    Paths.get(fileName);
    return fileName;
  }
  catch (final InvalidPathException e)
  {
    if (e.getInput() != null && e.getInput().length() > 0 && e.getIndex() >= 0)
    {
      final StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(e.getInput());
      stringBuilder.deleteCharAt(e.getIndex());
      return removeInvalidChars(stringBuilder.toString());
    }
    throw e;
  }
}