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Abbreviates a String using ellipses
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public class Main {
// Abbreviating
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/**
* <p>Abbreviates a String using ellipses. This will turn
* "Now is the time for all good men" into "Now is the time for..."</p>
*
* <p>Specifically:
* <ul>
* <li>If <code>str</code> is less than <code>maxWidth</code> characters
* long, return it.</li>
* <li>Else abbreviate it to <code>(substring(str, 0, max-3) + "...")</code>.</li>
* <li>If <code>maxWidth</code> is less than <code>4</code>, throw an
* <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>.</li>
* <li>In no case will it return a String of length greater than
* <code>maxWidth</code>.</li>
* </ul>
* </p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.abbreviate(null, *) = null
* StringUtils.abbreviate("", 4) = ""
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefg", 6) = "abc..."
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefg", 7) = "abcdefg"
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefg", 8) = "abcdefg"
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefg", 4) = "a..."
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefg", 3) = IllegalArgumentException
* </pre>
*
* @param str the String to check, may be null
* @param maxWidth maximum length of result String, must be at least 4
* @return abbreviated String, <code>null</code> if null String input
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the width is too small
* @since 2.0
*/
public static String abbreviate(String str, int maxWidth) {
return abbreviate(str, 0, maxWidth);
}
/**
* <p>Abbreviates a String using ellipses. This will turn
* "Now is the time for all good men" into "...is the time for..."</p>
*
* <p>Works like <code>abbreviate(String, int)</code>, but allows you to specify
* a "left edge" offset. Note that this left edge is not necessarily going to
* be the leftmost character in the result, or the first character following the
* ellipses, but it will appear somewhere in the result.
*
* <p>In no case will it return a String of length greater than
* <code>maxWidth</code>.</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.abbreviate(null, *, *) = null
* StringUtils.abbreviate("", 0, 4) = ""
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefghijklmno", -1, 10) = "abcdefg..."
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefghijklmno", 0, 10) = "abcdefg..."
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefghijklmno", 1, 10) = "abcdefg..."
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefghijklmno", 4, 10) = "abcdefg..."
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefghijklmno", 5, 10) = "...fghi..."
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefghijklmno", 6, 10) = "...ghij..."
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefghijklmno", 8, 10) = "...ijklmno"
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefghijklmno", 10, 10) = "...ijklmno"
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefghijklmno", 12, 10) = "...ijklmno"
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefghij", 0, 3) = IllegalArgumentException
* StringUtils.abbreviate("abcdefghij", 5, 6) = IllegalArgumentException
* </pre>
*
* @param str the String to check, may be null
* @param offset left edge of source String
* @param maxWidth maximum length of result String, must be at least 4
* @return abbreviated String, <code>null</code> if null String input
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the width is too small
* @since 2.0
*/
public static String abbreviate(String str, int offset, int maxWidth) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
if (maxWidth < 4) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Minimum abbreviation width is 4");
}
if (str.length() <= maxWidth) {
return str;
}
if (offset > str.length()) {
offset = str.length();
}
if ((str.length() - offset) < (maxWidth - 3)) {
offset = str.length() - (maxWidth - 3);
}
if (offset <= 4) {
return str.substring(0, maxWidth - 3) + "...";
}
if (maxWidth < 7) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Minimum abbreviation width with offset is 7");
}
if ((offset + (maxWidth - 3)) < str.length()) {
return "..." + abbreviate(str.substring(offset), maxWidth - 3);
}
return "..." + str.substring(str.length() - (maxWidth - 3));
}
}
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