Package adams.core

Class Shortening

java.lang.Object

adams.core.Shortening

public class Shortening
extends Object

Helper class for shortening operations.

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Shortening()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	shorten(String s, int max, ShorteningType type)	Shortens a string if longer than the maximum.
static String	shortenEnd(String s, int max)	Shortens a string (and appends "...") if longer than the allowed maximum number of characters.
static String	shortenMiddle(String s, int max)	Shortens the string in the middle (inserting "..") if longer than specified number of characters.
static String	shortenStart(String s, int max)	Shortens the string in the middle (inserting "..") if longer than specified number of characters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Shortening

public Shortening()

Method Detail

shortenStart

public static String shortenStart(String s,
                                  int max)

Shortens the string in the middle (inserting "..") if longer than specified number of characters.

Parameters:

s - the string to (potentially) shorten

max - the maximum number of chars

Returns:

the processed string

shortenMiddle

public static String shortenMiddle(String s,
                                   int max)

Shortens the string in the middle (inserting "..") if longer than specified number of characters.

Parameters:

s - the string to (potentially) shorten

max - the maximum number of chars

Returns:

the processed string

shortenEnd

public static String shortenEnd(String s,
                                int max)

Shortens a string (and appends "...") if longer than the allowed maximum number of characters.

Parameters:

s - the string to process

max - the maximum number of characters.

Returns:

the processed string

shorten

public static String shorten(String s,
                             int max,
                             ShorteningType type)

Shortens a string if longer than the maximum.

Parameters:

s - the string to process

max - the maximum number of characters

type - the type of shortening

Returns:

the processed string