Cut Java String at a number of character

Question

I would like to cut a Java String when this String length is > 50, and add \"...\" at the end of the string.

Example :

I have the f

Answer 1

Something like this may be:

String str = "abcdefghijklmnopqrtuvwxyz";
if (str.length() > 8)
    str = str.substring(0, 8) + "...";