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Limit the string to a certain number of characters, adding if it was truncated
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import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
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* $Id: StringUtil.java 34934 2007-09-10 22:52:23Z lance@indiana.edu $
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/**
* <p>
* StringUtil collects together some string utility classes.
* </p>
*/
public class StringUtil
{
/**
* Limit the string to a certain number of characters, adding "..." if it was truncated
*
* @param value
* The string to limit.
* @param length
* the length to limit to (as an int).
* @return The limited string.
*/
public static String limit(String value, int length)
{
StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(value);
if (buf.length() > length)
{
buf.setLength(length);
buf.append("...");
}
return buf.toString();
}
}
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