Re: Display only 100 chars of a string

[Greg Lindholm]

I have added an abbreviate() method to our base action class.

    /**
     * Abbreviate a string using ellipses (...).<br>
     * If text is longer then len it is truncated to len characters then the
     * last 3 characters are replaced with ellipses (...).
     *
     * @param text the string to abbreviate
     * @param len the maximum length of the returned string (must be greater
     *            then 3)
     * @return the string abbreviated with ellipses to a maximum length of
     *         <code>len</code>
     */
    public String abbreviate(String text, int len)
    {
        return org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.abbreviate(text, len);
    }

Then in the JSP I can use it like this <s:property
value="abbreviate(name,25)" />