Java String Truncate truncate(final String description)

Description

Truncates the input description to maximum 100 character length.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
description	a parameter

Declaration

public static String truncate(final String description) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// ww w.j a  v a 2s.co m
 * Copyright 2011-2015 B2i Healthcare Pte Ltd, http://b2i.sg
 * 
 * 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
 *
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 */

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

    /**
     * Truncates the input description to maximum 100 character length.
     * 
     * @param description
     * @return
     */
    public static String truncate(final String description) {
        return truncate(description, 100);
    }

    /**
     * Truncates the input description to maximize its length defined by the maxLength parameter. Appends three extra
     * dots at the end of the result
     * 
     * @param description
     * @return
     */
    public static String truncate(final String description, final int maxLength) {
        if (description == null || description.length() <= maxLength) {
            return description;
        } else {
            return description.substring(0, maxLength - ELLIPSIS.length()) + ELLIPSIS;
        }
    }
}

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