geoportal-data-viewer-app/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/geoportaldataviewer/client/util/StringUtil.java

/**
 *
 */
package org.gcube.portlets.user.geoportaldataviewer.client.util;


/**
 * The Class StringUtil.
 *
 * @author Francesco Mangiacrapa at ISTI-CNR (francesco.mangiacrapa@isti.cnr.it)
 * 
 * Nov 16, 2020
 */
public class StringUtil {

	/**
	 * Ellipsize.
	 *
	 * @param input the input string that may be subjected to shortening
	 * @param maxCharacters the maximum characters that must be returned for the input string
	 * @return the string
	 * @throws Exception the exception
	 */
	public static String ellipsize(String input, int maxCharacters) {

	  if (input == null || input.length() < maxCharacters) {
	    return input;
	  }
	  return input.substring(0, maxCharacters)+"...";
	}
}