1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/java/util/prefs/GConfBasedPreferences.java b/gnu/java/util/prefs/GConfBasedPreferences.java
index 5702751cf..a7e2322b5 100644
--- a/gnu/java/util/prefs/GConfBasedPreferences.java
+++ b/gnu/java/util/prefs/GConfBasedPreferences.java
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ import java.util.prefs.BackingStoreException;
  * <br />
  * 
  * @author Mario Torre <neugens@limasoftware.net>
- * @version 1.0.1
  */
 public class GConfBasedPreferences
     extends AbstractPreferences
@@ -136,12 +135,20 @@ public class GConfBasedPreferences
         absolutePath = absolutePath.substring(0, absolutePath.length() - 1);
       }
 
+    // strip invalid characters
+    // please, note that all names are unescaped into the native peer
+    int index = absolutePath.lastIndexOf('/');
+    if (index > -1)
+      {
+        absolutePath = absolutePath.substring(0, index + 1);
+        absolutePath = absolutePath + GConfNativePeer.escapeString(name);
+      }
+    
     this.node = this.getRealRoot(isUser) + absolutePath;
 
     boolean nodeExist = backend.nodeExist(this.node);
 
     this.newNode = !nodeExist;
-    backend.startWatchingNode(this.node);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -156,7 +163,15 @@ public class GConfBasedPreferences
     // we don't check anything here, if the node is a new node this will be
     // detected in the constructor, so we simply return a new reference to
     // the requested node.
-    return new GConfBasedPreferences(this, name, this.isUser);
+    
+    GConfBasedPreferences preferenceNode
+      = new GConfBasedPreferences(this, name, this.isUser);
+    
+    // register the node for to GConf so that it can listen
+    // events outside the scope of the application
+    backend.startWatchingNode(this.node);
+    
+    return preferenceNode;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -365,6 +380,10 @@ public class GConfBasedPreferences
   {
     String nodeName = "";
     
+    // strip key
+    // please, note that all names are unescaped into the native peer
+    key = GConfNativePeer.escapeString(key);
+    
     if (this.node.endsWith("/"))
       {
         nodeName = this.node + key;
@@ -373,7 +392,7 @@ public class GConfBasedPreferences
       {
         nodeName = this.node + "/" + key;
       }
-
+    
     return nodeName;
   }