Here you can find the source of truncate(String s, int length, boolean indicator)
public static String truncate(String s, int length, boolean indicator)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w .j av a 2 s.co m * (C) Copyright 2009-2013 Manaty SARL (http://manaty.net/) and contributors. * * Licensed under the GNU Public Licence, 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.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt * * 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 { public static String truncate(String s, int length, boolean indicator) { if (isBlank(s) || s.length() <= length) return s; if (indicator) return s.substring(0, length - 3) + "..."; else return s.substring(0, length); } public static boolean isBlank(Object value) { return ((value == null) || ((value instanceof String) && ((String) value).trim().length() == 0)); } public static boolean isBlank(String value) { return (value == null || value.trim().length() == 0); } }