Java String Shorten shortenTo(final String value, final int maxLength)

Description

Shortens the given String to no longer than the given length.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
value	The value to shorten.
maxLength	The maximum length for the resulting string.

Return

The shortened string, which is no longer than maxLength , but that may be shorter if the original value was shorter.

Declaration

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

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  w  w w  . j a v  a 2s  .  co  m
 * Copyright (C) 2016 Red Bottle Design, LLC
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Shortens the given {@link String} to no longer than the given length.
     *
     * <p>If the string is already shorter than the given length, it is not
     * modified.</p>
     *
     * @param   value
     *          The value to shorten.
     *
     * @param   maxLength
     *          The maximum length for the resulting string.
     *
     * @return  The shortened string, which is no longer than {@code maxLength},
     *          but that may be shorter if the original value was shorter.
     */
    public static String shortenTo(final String value, final int maxLength) {
        return value.substring(0, Math.min(value.length(), maxLength));
    }
}

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