Validate a file name on Windows

Question

public static boolean isValidName(String text)
{
    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(\"^[^/./\\\\:*?\\\"<>|]+$\");
    Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text         


        

Answer 1

Posting a new answer because I dont have the rep threshold to comment on Eng.Fouad's code

public static boolean isValidName(String text)
{
    try
    {
        File file = new File(text);
        if(file.createNewFile()) file.delete();
        return true;
    }
    catch(Exception ex){}
    return false;
}

A small change to your answer that prevents deleting a pre-existing file. Files only get deleted if they were created during this method call, while the return value is the same.