WrzasqPl Commons Text

TextUtils

Useful text routines are provided by the class pl.wrzasq.commons.text.html.Utils.

truncate()

You can use truncate() method to truncate the text:

String text = "Hello world!";
String short;
short = Utils.truncate(text, 7); // produces "Hello…"
short = Utils.truncate(text, 7, false); // produces "Hello w…"
short = Utils.truncate(text, 7, "."); // produces "Hello."
short = Utils.truncate(text, 7, ".", false); // produces "Hello w."

format()

format() method is a static access to pre-configured instance of text formatter. You can set/change current text formatter with setFormatter() method.

Formatter formatter = new Formatter();
formatter.registerFormatter("markdown", new MarkdownFormatter());

Utils.setFormatter(formatter);
String html = TextUtils.format("markdown", "**foo** _bar_");