StringUtils.java

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 * Copyright 2012 Pradeep Nambiar,  Pexus LLC
 * 
 * Source File: src/org/perf/log/utils/StringUtils.java 
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package org.perf.log.utils;

public class StringUtils {

	public static String truncateString(String inStr, int maxValue) {
		if(inStr == null) return null;
		int endIndex = inStr.length();
		if(inStr.length()>maxValue) { 
			endIndex = maxValue - 3;
		}
		String outStr = inStr.substring(0,endIndex);
		if(inStr.length()>maxValue)
			outStr += "..."; // indicate the value was chopped - add 3 to length of the out string
		return outStr;
	}

}