Java Utililty Methods String Clip

String clip(final String s, final int leftClip, final int rightClip)
Trims characters off the start and end of a string

return leftClip + rightClip >= s.length() ? "" : s.substring(leftClip, s.length() - rightClip);

String clip(String characterItem)
clip

int length = characterItem.length();
if (length > 0) {
 int startingIdx = length - 1;
 boolean charsDeleted = false;
 while (startingIdx >= 0) {
 char c = characterItem.charAt(startingIdx);
 if (c <= ' ' || c == '\u3000') {
 charsDeleted = true;
...

String clip(String str, int startChars)
clip

return str.length() <= startChars ? str : str.substring(0, startChars) + "...";

String ClipObjectReferenceAddress(String p_fullObjectReference)
Sometimes it is convenient for logging purposes to be able to add the reference address so that you can track the life of a particular object more easily.

return p_fullObjectReference.substring(p_fullObjectReference.indexOf('@') + 1);

String clipString(String input, int numChars, boolean appendEllipses)
Reduces the input string to the number of chars, or its length if the number of chars exceeds the input string's length

int end = Math.min(numChars, input.length());
String output = input.substring(0, end);
if (appendEllipses) {
 output = (output.length() < input.length()) ? output + "..." : output;
return output;

String clipText(String text, int maxLength)
clip Text

if (text.length() <= maxLength) {
 return text;
} else {
 return text.substring(0, maxLength) + "...";