How to shorten a String 

Jodd is an open-source java library with lot of reusable components and feature rich utilities. This requires the library jodd-3.3.2.jar to be in classpath. The following example shows how to use StringUtil.shorten() API. It shortens the given string to specified length.

File Name  :   com/bethecoder/tutorials/jodd/utils/StringShortenTest.java  Author  :   Sudhakar KV Email  :   [email protected]

package com.bethecoder.tutorials.jodd.utils; import jodd.util.StringUtil; public class StringShortenTest {   /**    * @param args    */   public static void main(String[] args) {     String str = "This is a test message";     System.out.println(StringUtil.shorten(str, 10, "..."));     System.out.println(StringUtil.shorten(str, 15, "..."));     System.out.println(StringUtil.shorten(str, 20, "..."));   } }

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