Java String Shorten shortenString(String s, int requiredLength)

Description

Shortens string to be no more than number of symbols specified

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	String to shorten
requiredLength	Length to shorten string to

Return

Shortened string

Declaration

public static String shortenString(String s, int requiredLength) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* w w  w  .j a va 2  s.c  om*/
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Shortens string to be no more than number of symbols specified
     * 
     * @param s
     *            String to shorten
     * @param requiredLength
     *            Length to shorten string to
     * @return Shortened string
     */
    public static String shortenString(String s, int requiredLength) {
        if (s != null && s.length() > requiredLength) {
            s = s.substring(0, requiredLength + 1);
            int space = s.lastIndexOf(" ");
            int lineFeed = s.lastIndexOf("\n");
            int tab = s.lastIndexOf("\t");
            if (space > 0 || lineFeed > 0 || tab > 0) {
                int cut = space > lineFeed ? (space > tab ? space : tab) : (lineFeed > tab ? lineFeed : tab);
                s = s.substring(0, cut);
            }
            s += "...";
        }
        return s;
    }
}

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