How to Replace dot (.) in a string in Java

Question

I have a String called persons.name

I want to replace the DOT . with /*/ i.e my output will be persons/*/name

Answer 1

Use Apache Commons Lang:

String a= "\\*\\";
str = StringUtils.replace(xpath, ".", a);

or with standalone JDK:

String a = "\\*\\"; // or: String a = "/*/";
String replacement = Matcher.quoteReplacement(a);
String searchString = Pattern.quote(".");
String str = xpath.replaceAll(searchString, replacement);