Handle reserved symbols in commands

danadi7 · Sep 18, 2020 · 7e192d5 · 7e192d5
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diff --git a/src/main/java/duke/logic/CommandParser.java b/src/main/java/duke/logic/CommandParser.java
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ public class CommandParser {
      * @throws DukeException If command is not on the recognised list of commands.
      */
     public static Command parse(String command) throws DukeException {
+        // Disallow use of escape characters and symbols used internally by Storage class
+        if (command.contains("|") || command.contains("\\")) {
+            throw new DukeException("The characters \\ and | are forbidden!");
+        }
+
         String[] extractedCommand = command.split(" ", 2);
         switch(extractedCommand[0]) {
         case("bye"):

diff --git a/src/main/java/duke/ui/Ui.java b/src/main/java/duke/ui/Ui.java
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ public String buildTaskList(ArrayList<Task> taskList) {
      * Prints error message from failing to load save file.
      */
     public void showLoadingError() {
-        System.out.println("Unable to load or find save file. Initiating new instance.");
+        System.out.println("Unable to load or find save file. " +
+                "Save file is either not found or corrupted. " +
+                "Initiating new instance.");
     }
 }