Issues with file path in java.io.File

Question

I am getting file path in eclipse plugin using org.eclipse.swt.widgets.FileDialog and saving the path in XML files.
In web.xml , path is stored as below (I can't change backsladh to forwardslash or escape backslash since the value is coming from SWT FileDialog)
<init-param>
<param-name>filePath</param-name>
<param-value>c:\new\demo\next\version.txt</param-value>
</init-param>
In my filter , i have below code in init() method but am not able to get File reference due to special characters
String filePath = filterConfig.getInitParameter("filePath");
// Tried filePath.replace('\\','/') --> Didnot work since \n is a single character
File f = new File(path)

Answer 1

No it does not. You need to escape file paths properly. You can check this with simple code and that the problem i am facing now
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          String path = Messages.getString("filePath"); //in messages.properties put filePath=c:\new\next\verison.txt
          System.out.println(path);
          File f = new File(path);
          System.out.println(f.exists());
     }