Java Utililty Methods String Truncate

List of utility methods to do String Truncate

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Description

The list of methods to do String Truncate are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringtruncatePrefixFromPath(String fileName)
truncate Prefix From Path 
String pathPrefixComponent[] = fileName.split(":", 2);
if (pathPrefixComponent.length == 1) {
    return pathPrefixComponent[0];
} else {
    return pathPrefixComponent[1];
StringtruncatePunctuation(String authority)
truncate Punctuation 
while (authority.startsWith("("))
    authority = authority.substring("(".length()).trim();
while (authority.endsWith("("))
    authority = authority.substring(0, (authority.length() - "(".length())).trim();
while (authority.endsWith(","))
    authority = authority.substring(0, (authority.length() - ",".length())).trim();
while (authority.endsWith(")"))
    authority = authority.substring(0, (authority.length() - ")".length())).trim();
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StringtruncateSentence(String input, int length)
truncate Sentence 
int length2 = length;
while (length2 > 0) {
    char c = (input.charAt(length));
    if (c < 'A' || c > 'z') {
        length2 = 0;
    } else {
        length--;
        length2--;
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StringtruncateShortMessage(final String message)
truncate Short Message 
if (null == message) {
    return "";
} else if (message.length() > MAX_SHORT_MESSAGE_LENGTH) {
    return message.substring(0, MAX_SHORT_MESSAGE_LENGTH);
} else {
    return message;
StringtruncateStr(String str, int maxNumChars)
Truncates a string and adds an ellipse string to the end. 
final String ellipse = "...";
if (str == null)
    return "";
if (str.length() >= maxNumChars) {
    StringBuffer newStr = new StringBuffer(maxNumChars);
    newStr.append(str.substring(0, maxNumChars - 1 - ellipse.length()));
    newStr.append(ellipse);
    return newStr.toString();
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StringtruncateString(final String str, final int iMaxLength)
Truncates a long string, which cannot be shown in full to the user. 
String strRet = null;
if (str != null) {
    if (str.length() <= iMaxLength) {
        strRet = str;
    } else if (iMaxLength > 50) {
        final String strAdd = "... (total length of " + str.length() + " characters)";
        strRet = str.substring(0, iMaxLength - strAdd.length()) + strAdd;
    } else if (iMaxLength > 3) {
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StringtruncateString(int length, String srcString)
truncate String 
return srcString.length() < length ? srcString
        : srcString.substring(0, length - 10) + "..."
                + srcString.substring(srcString.length() - 10, srcString.length()) + "[Truncated]";
StringtruncateString(String description, int length)
Will truncated the string to 35 characters in length adding an ellipsis for the last three characters. 
String truncated = "";
if (description.length() > length) {
    truncated = description.substring(0, length - 3);
    truncated = truncated + "...";
} else {
    truncated = description;
return truncated;
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StringtruncateString(String errCode, int length, boolean isRight)
truncate String 
if (!isEmpty(errCode)) {
    if (length >= errCode.length()) {
        return errCode;
    } else {
        String subString = "";
        if (isRight) {
            subString = errCode.substring(0, length);
            return subString;
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StringtruncateString(String inStr, int maxValue)
truncate String 
if (inStr == null)
    return null;
int endIndex = inStr.length();
if (inStr.length() > maxValue) {
    endIndex = maxValue - 3;
String outStr = inStr.substring(0, endIndex);
if (inStr.length() > maxValue)
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