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Util to create small lines from a string. Useful when having to create item lores.
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public static List<String> itemLoreFriendly(String text) { | |
final int maximumCharsPerLine = 50; | |
final char space = ' '; | |
final char newLine = '\n'; | |
List<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>(); | |
while (text.length() > maximumCharsPerLine) { | |
StringCharacterIterator it = new StringCharacterIterator(text); | |
//Find the last location of a space befor the character limit. | |
int lastSpace = -1; | |
char current = ' '; | |
while ((current = it.next()) != CharacterIterator.DONE) { | |
if (it.getIndex() > maximumCharsPerLine) { | |
break; | |
} | |
if (current == space || current == newLine) | |
lastSpace = it.getIndex(); | |
if (current == newLine) | |
break; //Force a new line. | |
} | |
String line = ""; | |
if (lastSpace > 0) { | |
line = text.substring(0, lastSpace - 1); //Exclude the last space | |
} else { | |
line = text.substring(0, maximumCharsPerLine); | |
} | |
text = text.substring(line.length()); //Cut it of from the beginning | |
lines.add(line); | |
} | |
if (text.length() > 0) //Append the rest | |
lines.add(text); | |
return lines; | |
} |
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