Java Utililty Methods String Abbreviate

if (fileName.length() <= maxLen)
    return fileName;
File f = new File(fileName);
ArrayList<String> coll = new ArrayList<String>();
String name;
StringBuffer begBuf = new StringBuffer();
StringBuffer endBuf = new StringBuffer();
int len;
...

Abbreviates a string to a desired length and adds "..."

if (input == null) {
    return null;
if (input.length() <= length) {
    return input;
return input.substring(0, length) + "...";

if (longName == null) {
    return "<Unnamed>";
if (longName.length() <= 80) {
    return longName;
return longName.substring(0, 37) + ". . ." + longName.substring(longName.length() - 38);

String _longStr = getEmptyIfNull(longStr);
return _longStr.length() > maxLength ? _longStr.substring(0, maxLength - 2) + ".." : _longStr;

StringBuilder newName = new StringBuilder(name);
if (name.length() > 14) {
    for (int i = 0; i < (name.length() - 12); i++) {
        newName.deleteCharAt(newName.length() - 1);
    newName.append("..");
    return newName.toString();
return name;

if (s == null)
    return null;
if (s.length() <= length)
    return s;
s = s.substring(0, length - 5);
if (s.endsWith(" ")) {
    s += "...";
} else {
...

if (max < 4)
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Minimum abbreviation is 3 chars");
if (s.length() <= max)
    return s;
return s.substring(0, max - 3) + "...";

s = String.valueOf(s); 
if (s.length() > maxLength) {
    s = s.substring(0, maxLength) + "...";
return s;

if (src == null)
    return "";
if (replacement == null) {
    replacement = "";
StringBuffer dest = new StringBuffer();
try {
    maxlen = maxlen - computeDisplayLen(replacement);
...

return abbreviate(str, 60);