Android String Shorten addEllipsis(String src, String ellipsis, int maxLength)

Description

add Ellipsis

Declaration

public static String addEllipsis(String src, String ellipsis,
            int maxLength) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static String addEllipsis(String src, String ellipsis,
            int maxLength) {
        if (maxLength < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "maxLength could not less than zero");
        }//from w  w w.  j av a  2  s. co m
        int srcLength = src.length();
        if (srcLength <= maxLength) {
            return src;
        }
        int ellipsisLength = ellipsis.length();
        int dis = srcLength + ellipsisLength - maxLength;
        if (dis < srcLength) {
            return src.substring(0, srcLength - dis) + ellipsis;
        }
        return ellipsis.substring(dis - srcLength);
    }
}

Related

1. toLength(String str, int length)
2. truncate(String text, int length)
3. truncateAt(String string, int length)
4. curtail(String str, int size, String tail)