Java Utililty Methods String Abbreviate

List of utility methods to do String Abbreviate

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Method

Stringabbreviate(String str, int offset, int maxWidth)
abbreviate 
if (str == null) {
    return null;
if (maxWidth < 4) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Minimum abbreviation width is 4");
if (str.length() <= maxWidth) {
    return str;
...
Stringabbreviate(String str, int preferredLength)
Abbreviates a string for display if necessary. 
return abbreviate(str, preferredLength, 0, true);
Stringabbreviate(String string, int maxLength)
Shortens a String if it is longer than the given maxLength, ending an abbreviated String with "...". 
return string.length() <= maxLength ? string : string.substring(0, maxLength - 3) + "...";
Stringabbreviate(String text, int maxFront, int maxBack)
abbreviate 
if (text.length() > maxFront + maxBack - 3) {
    text = text.substring(0, maxFront) + "..." + text.substring(text.length() - maxBack, text.length());
return text;
Stringabbreviate(String text, Number maxNbrChars)
abbreviate 
return abbreviate(text, maxNbrChars, "...");
Stringabbreviate(String time)
abbreviate 
time = time.replaceAll(" days", "d");
time = time.replaceAll(" day", "d");
time = time.replaceAll(" hours", "hr");
time = time.replaceAll(" hour", "hr");
time = time.replaceAll(" minutes", "m");
time = time.replaceAll(" minute", "m");
time = time.replaceAll(" seconds", "s");
time = time.replaceAll(" second", "s");
...
Stringabbreviated(final String str, final int maxLength)
abbreviated 
return str != null ? (str.length() < maxLength ? str : str.substring(0, maxLength - 3) + "...") : null;
StringabbreviateDotSeparatedString(String string, int targetLength)
Abbreviates the given dot-separated string to reduce its length (if necessary) to within the supplied target length. 
if (string.length() <= targetLength) {
    return string;
String[] components = string.split(DOT_SEPARATOR_SPLIT_REGEX);
int actualLength = string.length();
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
int index = 0;
while (actualLength > targetLength && index < components.length - 1) {
...
StringabbreviateFileName(final String fileName)
Create a truncated file name suitable for display in interfaces 
if (fileName == null) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("null fileName");
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
if (fileName.length() < 100) {
    sb.append(fileName);
} else {
    sb.append(fileName.substring(0, 50));
...
StringabbreviateInCenter(String stringToAbbreviate, int length)
abbreviate In Center 
int halfLength = length / 2;
int firstPartLastIndex = halfLength - ELLIPSIS.length();
int stringLength = stringToAbbreviate.length();
return String.format("%s%s%s", stringToAbbreviate.substring(0, firstPartLastIndex), ELLIPSIS,
        stringToAbbreviate.substring(stringLength - halfLength, stringLength));