Determines if the specified string is permissible as a Java identifier. : Identifier « Reflection « Java

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Determines if the specified string is permissible as a Java identifier.
  
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import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;


/**

 @author Joe Walker [joe at getahead dot ltd dot uk]
 */
public class Main {

  /**
   * Determines if the specified string is permissible as a Java identifier.
   * Returns true if the string is non-null, non-zero length with a Java
   * identifier start as the first character and Java identifier parts in all
   * remaining characters.
   @param test the string to be tested.
   @return true if the string is a Java identifier, false otherwise.
   @see java.lang.Character#isJavaIdentifierPart(char)
   @see java.lang.Character#isJavaIdentifierStart(char)
   */
  public static boolean isJavaIdentifier(String test)
  {
      if (test == null || test.length() == 0)
      {
          return false;
      }

      if (!Character.isJavaIdentifierStart(test.charAt(0)) && test.charAt(0!= '_')
      {
          return false;
      }

      for (int i = 1; i < test.length(); i++)
      {
          if (!Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(test.charAt(i)) && test.charAt(i!= '_')
          {
              return false;
          }
      }

      return true;
  }

}

   
    
  
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