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Pascal Schumacher commented on TEXT-41: --------------------------------------- Issue moved from commons-lang to commons-text, because WordUtils was ported to commons-text and and the commons-lang version will soon be deprecated. > WordUtils.abbreviate support in 3.0 > ----------------------------------- > > Key: TEXT-41 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TEXT-41 > Project: Commons Text > Issue Type: New Feature > Reporter: Mirek Hankus > Attachments: LANG-766.patch > > > Commons Lang 2.x has method WordUtils.abbreviate(java.lang.String str, int > lower, int upper, java.lang.String appendToEnd), which > # operates on words not Strings as StringUtils.abbreviate > # it allows to specify what shoud be appended to string > (StringUtils.abbreviate always appends "...") > In 3.0 there is no such method, but it was very usefull. please add support > for WordUtils.abbreviate -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)