Java String Truncate truncate(String value, int maxLen, String ellipses)

Description

truncate

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String truncate(String value, int maxLen, String ellipses) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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 * Copyright (c) 2014 SQUARESPACE, Inc.
 *
 * 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 {
    public static String truncate(String value, int maxLen, String ellipses) {
        if (value.length() <= maxLen) {
            return value;
        }

        int end = maxLen;
        for (int i = maxLen - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            if (Character.isWhitespace(value.charAt(i))) {
                end = i + 1;
                break;
            }
        }
        return value.substring(0, end) + ellipses;
    }
}

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