src/hdfs/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;

public class DFSUtil {
  /**
   * Whether the pathname is valid.  Currently prohibits relative paths, 
   * and names which contain a ":" or "/" 
   */
  public static boolean isValidName(String src) {
      
    // Path must be absolute.
    if (!src.startsWith(Path.SEPARATOR)) {
      return false;
    }
      
    // Check for ".." "." ":" "/"
    StringTokenizer tokens = new StringTokenizer(src, Path.SEPARATOR);
    while(tokens.hasMoreTokens()) {
      String element = tokens.nextToken();
      if (element.equals("..") || 
          element.equals(".")  ||
          (element.indexOf(":") >= 0)  ||
          (element.indexOf("/") >= 0)) {
        return false;
      }
    }
    return true;
  }
  
  /**
   * Converts a byte array to a string using UTF8 encoding.
   */
  public static String bytes2String(byte[] bytes) {
    try {
      return new String(bytes, "UTF8");
    } catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
      assert false : "UTF8 encoding is not supported ";
    }
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Converts a string to a byte array using UTF8 encoding.
   */
  public static byte[] string2Bytes(String str) {
    try {
      return str.getBytes("UTF8");
    } catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
      assert false : "UTF8 encoding is not supported ";
    }
    return null;
  }
}