How to check if the class name is valid?

Question

Is there a method in Java to check if a string can be used as a class name?

Accepted Answer

`SourceVersion.isName` can be used to check fully qualified names.

If no `.`s should be allowed, the check can be done this way:

```
boolean isValidName (String className) {
    return SourceVersion.isIdentifier(className) && !SourceVersion.isKeyword(className);
}
```

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