Java String Abbreviate abbreviate(String text, int maxFront, int maxBack)

Description

abbreviate

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String abbreviate(String text, int maxFront, int maxBack) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  w w . jav  a 2 s. co m
(C) 2007 Stefan Reich (jazz@drjava.de)
This source file is part of Project Prophecy.
For up-to-date information, see http://www.drjava.de/prophecy
    
This source file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.1.
*/

public class Main {
    public static String abbreviate(String text, int maxFront, int maxBack) {
        if (text.length() > maxFront + maxBack - 3) {
            text = text.substring(0, maxFront) + "..." + text.substring(text.length() - maxBack, text.length());
        }
        return text;
    }

    /** abbreviate to default length */
    public static String abbreviate(String text) {
        return abbreviate(text, 40, 20);
    }
}

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