Java String Ellipse ellipsis(String text, int max)

Description

ellipsis

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
text	a parameter
max	a parameter

Declaration

public static String ellipsis(String text, int max) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from ww w . ja  v  a  2s .com
 * Copyright 2016 Wayne Dyck
 * 
 * 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 {
    /**
     * 
     * @param text
     * @param max
     * @return
     */
    public static String ellipsis(String text, int max) {
        if (text.length() <= max) {
            return text;
        }

        int end = text.lastIndexOf(' ', max - 1); // Chop at last word.

        return text.substring(0, end) + "...";
    }
}

Related

1. ellipseString(StringBuilder builder, int maxLength)
2. ellipsify(String message)
3. ellipsis(final String text, final int length)
4. ellipsis(final String text, int length)
5. ellipsis(String string, int length)
6. ellipsis(String text, int maxLength)
7. ellipsisString(String string, int len)
8. ellipsisString(String text, int ellipsisAt)
9. ellipsisText(String text, int maxLength)