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/* * Copyright 2016 Chris Millar * * 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. */ package org.millr.slick.utils; import static org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml; import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; /** * Trim String Utility * Receive a string and trim it to a desired length. Remove basic HTML if needed. */ public class TrimString { public String trimmedString; private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TrimString.class); public TrimString(String input, int length, boolean soft) { LOGGER.info(">>>> Trimming String"); // Replace basic HTML. Will break if HTML is malformed. String contentString = input.replaceAll("<[^>]*>", ""); if (contentString == null || contentString.trim().isEmpty()) { LOGGER.info("String is empty"); trimmedString = contentString; } try { StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(contentString); int desiredLength = length; int endIndex = sb.indexOf(" ", desiredLength); //If soft, remove three characters to make room for elipsis. if (soft) { desiredLength = length - 3; endIndex = sb.indexOf(" ", desiredLength); contentString = escapeHtml(sb.insert(endIndex, "...").substring(0, endIndex + 3)); } else { contentString = escapeHtml(sb.substring(0, endIndex)); } } catch (Exception e) { LOGGER.error("Exception: " + e.getMessage(), e); } trimmedString = contentString; } }