Package org.bndly.common.html

Class HTMLShortener

java.lang.Object

org.bndly.common.html.HTMLShortener

public final class HTMLShortener
extends Object

Author:

cybercon <bndly@cybercon.de>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	shorten(String inputHtml, int maxCharacters)	Shortens the input string and strips all markup elements.
static String	shortenAndKeepMarkup(String inputHtml, int maxCharacters)	Shortens the input string and keeps all markup elements.
static String	shortenAndKeepMarkup(String inputHtml, int maxCharacters, String appendAtEnd)	Shortens the input string and keeps all markup elements.
static void	shortenAndKeepMarkupOnHTML(HTML html, int maxCharacters, String appendAtEnd)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

shorten

public static String shorten(String inputHtml,
                             int maxCharacters)
                      throws HTMLParsingException

Shortens the input string and strips all markup elements. <p>bla</p> will be shortened to bl when a maxCharacters of 2 is used.

Parameters:

inputHtml - valid html string

maxCharacters - maximum number of visible text characters

Returns:

a string with a max length of maxCharacters and no markup

Throws:

HTMLParsingException

shortenAndKeepMarkup

public static String shortenAndKeepMarkup(String inputHtml,
                                          int maxCharacters)
                                   throws HTMLParsingException

Shortens the input string and keeps all markup elements. <p>bla</p> will be shortened to <p>bl</p> when a maxCharacters of 2 is used.

Parameters:

inputHtml - valid html string

maxCharacters - maximum number of visible text characters

Returns:

a string with markup

Throws:

HTMLParsingException

shortenAndKeepMarkupOnHTML

public static void shortenAndKeepMarkupOnHTML(HTML html,
                                              int maxCharacters,
                                              String appendAtEnd)
                                       throws HTMLParsingException

Throws:

HTMLParsingException

shortenAndKeepMarkup

public static String shortenAndKeepMarkup(String inputHtml,
                                          int maxCharacters,
                                          String appendAtEnd)
                                   throws HTMLParsingException

Shortens the input string and keeps all markup elements. The value of appendAtEnd will be appended at the end inside the last element with textual content, if the result is shorter than the original input. <p>bla</p> will be shortened to <p>bl</p> when a maxCharacters of 2 is used.

Parameters:

inputHtml - valid html string

maxCharacters - maximum number of visible text characters

appendAtEnd - a String that will be appended after the last textual content, if the result is cut off.

Returns:

a string with markup

Throws:

HTMLParsingException