Java Swing Font Metrics clipString(JComponent c, FontMetrics fm, String string, int availTextWidth)

Description

Clips the passed in String to the space provided.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
c	JComponent that will display the string, may be null
fm	FontMetrics used to measure the String width
string	String to display
availTextWidth	Amount of space that the string can be drawn in

Return

Clipped string that can fit in the provided space.

Declaration

public static String clipString(JComponent c, FontMetrics fm, String string, int availTextWidth) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* w  w w .j a va  2s  . c o  m*/
 * ?Copyright (C) 2013 Atlas of Living Australia
 * All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public
 * License Version 1.1 (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.mozilla.org/MPL/
 *
 * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
 * IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
 * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 * rights and limitations under the License.
 */

import java.awt.FontMetrics;

import javax.swing.JComponent;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Clips the passed in String to the space provided. NOTE: this assumes the string does not fit in the available space.
     *
     * @param c
     *            JComponent that will display the string, may be null
     * @param fm
     *            FontMetrics used to measure the String width
     * @param string
     *            String to display
     * @param availTextWidth
     *            Amount of space that the string can be drawn in
     * @return Clipped string that can fit in the provided space.
     */
    public static String clipString(JComponent c, FontMetrics fm, String string, int availTextWidth) {
        // c may be null here.
        String clipString = "...";
        int width = stringWidth(c, fm, clipString);
        // NOTE: This does NOT work for surrogate pairs and other fun
        // stuff
        int nChars = 0;
        for (int max = string.length(); nChars < max; nChars++) {
            width += fm.charWidth(string.charAt(nChars));
            if (width > availTextWidth) {
                break;
            }
        }
        string = string.substring(0, nChars) + clipString;
        return string;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the width of the passed in String.
     *
     * @param c
     *            JComponent that will display the string, may be null
     * @param fm
     *            FontMetrics used to measure the String width
     * @param string
     *            String to get the width of
     */
    public static int stringWidth(JComponent c, FontMetrics fm, String string) {
        return fm.stringWidth(string);
    }
}

Related

1. clipString(JComponent c, FontMetrics fm, String string, int availTextWidth)
2. clipStringIfNecessary(JComponent c, FontMetrics fm, String string, int availTextWidth)
3. clipText(FontMetrics fm, String val, int width)
4. computeMultiLineStringDimension(FontMetrics oFontMetrics, String[] astr)
5. computeStringWidth(FontMetrics fontMetrics, String str)