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Frederik Naujoks edited comment on LANG-673 at 8/12/11 12:23 PM:
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Hi, the WordUtils.abbreviate method operated on words, whereas the
StringUtils.abbreviate method ignores "words".
>From the commons.lang 2.4 javadoc
>(http://commons.apache.org/lang/api-2.4/org/apache/commons/lang/WordUtils.html#abbreviate%28java.lang.String,%20int,%20int,%20java.lang.String%29)
{quote}
Abbreviates a string nicely. This method searches for the first space after the
lower limit and abbreviates the String there. It will also append any String
passed as a parameter to the end of the String. The upper limit can be
specified to forcibly abbreviate a String.
{quote}
StringUtils.abbreviate will cut the supplied String at the given limits. In my
usecase that behavior is not desirable, I do need the WordUtils.abbreviate
functionality.
Both abbreviate methods are useful, depending on the usecase.
Please re-add the WordUtils.abbreviate method or supply a method with the old
behavior elsewhere.
EDIT:
If a method with the WordUtils.abbreviate behavior is located elsewhere please
note that in the migration guide.
Thanks,
Frederik
was (Author: fnaujoks):
Hi, the WordUtils.abbreviate method operated on words, whereas the
StringUtils.abbreviate method ignores "words".
>From the commons.lang 2.4 javadoc
>(http://commons.apache.org/lang/api-2.4/org/apache/commons/lang/WordUtils.html#abbreviate%28java.lang.String,%20int,%20int,%20java.lang.String%29)
{quote}
Abbreviates a string nicely. This method searches for the first space after the
lower limit and abbreviates the String there. It will also append any String
passed as a parameter to the end of the String. The upper limit can be
specified to forcibly abbreviate a String.
{quote}
StringUtils.abbreviate will cut the supplied String at the given limits. In my
usecase that behavior is not desirable, I do need the WordUtils.abbreviate
functionality.
Both abbreviate methods are useful, depending on the usecase.
Please re-add the WordUtils.abbreviate method or supply a method with the old
behavior elsewhere.
Thanks,
Frederik
> WordUtils.abbreviate() throws undocumented StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
> (ACTION: Method Removed)
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>
> Key: LANG-673
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-673
> Project: Commons Lang
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 2.5
> Reporter: Paul Benedict
> Fix For: 3.0
>
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> The javadoc does not indicate that the string must already be long enough to
> abbreviate; yet it really does or an Exception is thrown. For example, if you
> try to abbreviate a string of length 10 at 40 characters, this will fail. I
> believe this should be allowed... just without any abbreviation.
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