Here you can find the source of ellipseString(StringBuilder builder, int maxLength)
private static String ellipseString(StringBuilder builder, int maxLength)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w w w .j a v a2 s .c o m * This file is part of the Squashtest platform. * Copyright (C) 2010 - 2016 Henix, henix.fr * * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional * information regarding copyright ownership. * * This 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, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * this software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this software. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ public class Main { private static String ellipseString(StringBuilder builder, int maxLength) { String res; if (builder.length() > maxLength) { res = builder.substring(0, maxLength - 4) + "..."; // rem : extracted from other class, not sure why max-4 instead of max-3 } else { res = builder.toString(); } return res; } }