title: java.nio.file.InvalidPathException when the path contains colon (:)
body: <p>I need to construct a path which contains colon (:). Actually the path is not a folder/directory in windows/linux. It is just a path of JCR repo. Below code gives InvalidPathException when the path contains colon</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.nio.file.Path;
  import java.nio.file.Paths;
  
  public class TestCLass {
  
      public static void main(String[] args) {
          final Path path = Paths.get("com", "repo:access","resource");
          //final Path path = Paths.get("com", "repoaccess","resource"); //Output - com/repoaccess/resource
          System.out.println(path);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Exception</p>
  
  <pre><code>Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char &lt;:&gt; at index 8: com\repo:access\resource
      at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:182)
      at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:153)
      at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:77)
      at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.parse(WindowsPath.java:94)
      at sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystem.getPath(WindowsFileSystem.java:255)
      at java.nio.file.Paths.get(Paths.java:84)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there any API to access colon(:) and any other special character?</p>