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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:21:27 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Frederik Naujoks (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] [Commented] (LANG-673) WordUtils.abbreviate() throws
 undocumented StringIndexOutOfBoundsException (ACTION: Method Removed)
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Frederik Naujoks commented on LANG-673:
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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)
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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)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 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
>
>
> 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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