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Asked: June 10, 20262026-06-10T19:53:58+00:00 2026-06-10T19:53:58+00:00

Why eclipse allows a project to be created with special characters in it name?

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Why eclipse allows a project to be created with special characters in it name? I can create project with name ‘!#$!#!#@$!@#$’

Even the eclipse source of eclipse consider only following characters as invalid for project name.

INVALID_RESOURCE_CHARACTERS = new char[] {'\\', '/', ':', '*', '?', '"', '<', '>', '|'};

What is the logic behind it? are those characters having any special meaning for eclipse?

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    2026-06-10T19:54:00+00:00Added an answer on June 10, 2026 at 7:54 pm

    By default the project name is used as the root folder name for all resources in the project. That’s what drives the naming restrictions.

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