code: private static String sanitizeString(final String in) {
      String result = null;
      if (in != null) {
        result = in.replace(':', '_');
        result = result.replace('/', '_');
        result = result.replace('\\', '_');
      }
      return result;
    }
docs: The ':' and '/' characters are reserved in ObjectNames
  
  @param in
  @return sanitized String