diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/stringfilenamevalidaiton/StringFilenameValidationUtils.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/stringfilenamevalidaiton/StringFilenameValidationUtils.java
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+package com.baeldung.stringfilenamevalidaiton;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class StringFilenameValidationUtils {
+
+    public static final Character[] INVALID_WINDOWS_SPECIFIC_CHARS = {'"', '*', ':', '<', '>', '?', '\\', '|', 0x7F};
+    public static final Character[] INVALID_UNIX_SPECIFIC_CHARS = {'\000'};
+
+    public static final String REGEX_PATTERN = "^[A-za-z0-9.]{1,255}$";
+
+    private StringFilenameValidationUtils() {
+    }
+
+    public static boolean validateStringFilenameUsingIO(String filename) throws IOException {
+        File file = new File(filename);
+        boolean created = false;
+        try {
+            created = file.createNewFile();
+            return created;
+        } finally {
+            if (created) {
+                file.delete();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static boolean validateStringFilenameUsingNIO2(String filename) {
+        Paths.get(filename);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean validateStringFilenameUsingContains(String filename) {
+        if (filename == null || filename.isEmpty() || filename.length() > 255) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return Arrays.stream(getInvalidCharsByOS())
+            .noneMatch(ch -> filename.contains(ch.toString()));
+    }
+
+    public static boolean validateStringFilenameUsingRegex(String filename) {
+        if (filename == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return filename.matches(REGEX_PATTERN);
+    }
+
+    private static Character[] getInvalidCharsByOS() {
+        String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
+        if (os.contains("win")) {
+            return INVALID_WINDOWS_SPECIFIC_CHARS;
+        } else if (os.contains("nix") || os.contains("nux") || os.contains("mac")) {
+            return INVALID_UNIX_SPECIFIC_CHARS;
+        } else {
+            return new Character[]{};
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stringfilenamevalidaiton/StringFilenameValidationUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stringfilenamevalidaiton/StringFilenameValidationUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.stringfilenamevalidaiton;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledOnOs;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.OS;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.EmptySource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.NullSource;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static com.baeldung.stringfilenamevalidaiton.StringFilenameValidationUtils.validateStringFilenameUsingContains;
+import static com.baeldung.stringfilenamevalidaiton.StringFilenameValidationUtils.validateStringFilenameUsingIO;
+import static com.baeldung.stringfilenamevalidaiton.StringFilenameValidationUtils.validateStringFilenameUsingNIO2;
+import static com.baeldung.stringfilenamevalidaiton.StringFilenameValidationUtils.validateStringFilenameUsingRegex;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
+public class StringFilenameValidationUnitTest {
+
+    private static final String CORRECT_FILENAME_PATTERN = "baeldung.txt";
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("correctAlphanumericFilenamesProvider")
+    public void givenCorrectAlphanumericRandomFilenameString_whenValidateUsingIO_thenReturnTrue(String filename) throws IOException {
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingIO(filename)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingNIO2(filename)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingContains(filename)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingRegex(filename)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTooLongFileNameString_whenValidate_thenIOAndCustomFailsNIO2Succeed() {
+        String filename = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(500);
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> validateStringFilenameUsingIO(filename))
+            .isInstanceOf(IOException.class)
+            .hasMessageContaining("File name too long");
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingNIO2(filename)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingContains(filename)).isFalse();
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingRegex(filename)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @NullSource
+    public void givenNullString_whenValidate_thenFails(String filename) {
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> validateStringFilenameUsingIO(filename))
+            .isInstanceOf(NullPointerException.class);
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> validateStringFilenameUsingNIO2(filename))
+            .isInstanceOf(NullPointerException.class);
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingContains(filename)).isFalse();
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingRegex(filename)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @EmptySource
+    public void givenEmptyString_whenValidate_thenIOAndCustomFailsNIO2Succeed(String filename) {
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> validateStringFilenameUsingIO(filename))
+            .isInstanceOf(IOException.class);
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingNIO2(filename)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingContains(filename)).isFalse();
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingRegex(filename)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @EnabledOnOs({OS.LINUX, OS.MAC})
+    @MethodSource("filenamesWithInvalidWindowsChars")
+    public void givenFilenameStringWithInvalidWindowsCharAndIsUnix_whenValidateUsingIO_thenReturnTrue(String filename) throws IOException {
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingIO(filename)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingNIO2(filename)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingContains(filename)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @EnabledOnOs(OS.WINDOWS)
+    @MethodSource("filenamesWithInvalidWindowsChars")
+    public void givenFilenameStringWithInvalidWindowsCharAndIsWindows_whenValidateUsingIO_thenRaiseException(String filename) {
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> validateStringFilenameUsingIO(filename))
+            .isInstanceOf(IOException.class)
+            .hasMessageContaining("Invalid file path");
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> validateStringFilenameUsingNIO2(filename))
+            .isInstanceOf(InvalidPathException.class)
+            .hasMessage("character not allowed");
+
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingContains(filename)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @EnabledOnOs({OS.LINUX, OS.MAC})
+    @MethodSource("filenamesWithInvalidUnixChars")
+    public void givenFilenameStringWithInvalidUnixCharAndIsUnix_whenValidate_thenRaiseException(String filename) {
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> validateStringFilenameUsingIO(filename))
+            .isInstanceOf(IOException.class)
+            .hasMessageContaining("Invalid file path");
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> validateStringFilenameUsingNIO2(filename))
+            .isInstanceOf(InvalidPathException.class)
+            .hasMessageContaining("character not allowed");
+
+        assertThat(validateStringFilenameUsingContains(filename)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+
+    private static Stream<String> correctAlphanumericFilenamesProvider() {
+        return Stream.generate(() -> RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(1, 10) + "." + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(3, 5)).limit(10);
+    }
+
+    private static Stream<String> filenamesWithInvalidWindowsChars() {
+        return Arrays.stream(StringFilenameValidationUtils.INVALID_WINDOWS_SPECIFIC_CHARS)
+            .map(character -> {
+                int idx = RandomUtils.nextInt(0, CORRECT_FILENAME_PATTERN.length());
+                return CORRECT_FILENAME_PATTERN.substring(0, idx) + character + CORRECT_FILENAME_PATTERN.substring(idx);
+            });
+    }
+
+    private static Stream<String> filenamesWithInvalidUnixChars() {
+        return Arrays.stream(StringFilenameValidationUtils.INVALID_UNIX_SPECIFIC_CHARS)
+            .map(character -> {
+                int idx = RandomUtils.nextInt(0, CORRECT_FILENAME_PATTERN.length());
+                return CORRECT_FILENAME_PATTERN.substring(0, idx) + character + CORRECT_FILENAME_PATTERN.substring(idx);
+            });
+    }
+
+}