package com.ignitionlabs.utilities; public class InputFilter { public static void main(String[] args) { String badInput = ">\"'>"; System.out.println("badInput = " + badInput); String filteredInput = InputFilter.Filter(badInput); System.out.println("filteredInput = " + filteredInput); } public static String Filter(String userInput) { String filtered = userInput.replaceAll("([^A-Za-z0-9@.' _-]+)", "_"); return filtered; } }