Java String Shorten shortenStringIfNecessary(String string, int maxLength, String suffixToAppend)

Description

shorten String If Necessary

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String shortenStringIfNecessary(String string, int maxLength, String suffixToAppend) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static final String ELLIPSIS = "...";

    public static String shortenStringIfNecessary(String string, int maxLength, String suffixToAppend) {
        if (string == null)
            return null; // FIXME: throw IllegalState or log a warning ?
        return (string.length() > maxLength) ? string.substring(0, maxLength) + suffixToAppend : string;
    }/* w w  w.ja va  2 s. co  m*/

    public static String shortenStringIfNecessary(String string, int maxLength) {
        return shortenStringIfNecessary(string, maxLength, ELLIPSIS);
    }
}

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