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public static String truncateText(String text, int maxCharLength)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2013 Ednovo d/b/a Gooru. All rights reserved. * // w ww . j a v a 2 s . c o m * http://www.goorulearning.org/ * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to * the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE * LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION * OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ******************************************************************************/ public class Main { public static String truncateText(String text, int maxCharLength) { return truncateText(text, maxCharLength, "..."); } public static String truncateText(String text, int maxCharLength, String suffix) { if (text != null && text.trim().length() > maxCharLength && !text.equalsIgnoreCase("multiple sources")) { text = text.trim().substring(0, maxCharLength) + suffix; } return text != null ? text : ""; } }