Java String Abbreviate abbreviate(final String value, final int maxLength)

Description

abbreviate

License

Apache License

Declaration

public final static String abbreviate(final String value, final int maxLength) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  w w  w.j  av a 2s  .c  o m
 * Copyright 2008 ETH Zuerich, CISD
 *
 * 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 final static String abbreviate(final String value, final int maxLength) {
        assert maxLength > 4;
        if (value.length() > maxLength) {
            return value.substring(0, maxLength - 3) + "...";
        } else {
            return value;
        }
    }
}

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