// Based on https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit/blob/trunk/jackrabbit-jcr-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/util/Text.java

function escapeIllegalChars(name) {

    var illegalChars = "%/:[]*|\t\r\n";

    var buffer = "";

    for (var i = 0; i < name.length; i++) {

        var ch = name.charAt(i);

        if (illegalChars.indexOf(ch) != -1 ||

            (ch == '.' && name.length < 3) ||

            (ch == ' ' && (i === 0 || i == name.length - 1))) {

            buffer += escape(ch);

        } else {

            buffer += ch;

        }

    }

    return buffer;

}

​

function checkNoEscape(name) {

  return name === escapeIllegalChars(name);

}

​

// ***** UNIT TESTS *********

​

test( "test legal", function() {

  ok(checkNoEscape('hello'), "Passed!");

  ok(checkNoEscape("local name"), "Passed!");

});

​

test( "test jcr2 legal", function() {

  ok(checkNoEscape("local'name"), "Passed!");

  ok(checkNoEscape('local"name'), "Passed!");

});

​

test( "test jcr2 legal", function() {

  ok("local%25name" === escapeIllegalChars("local%name"), "Passed!");

});