1 /*
2 Karma core - Core of the Karma application
3 Copyright (C) 2004 Toolforge <www.toolforge.nl>
4
5 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9
10 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
14
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
18 */
19 package nl.toolforge.karma.core.cmd.event;
20
21
22
23 /***
24 * @author D.A. Smedes
25 * @version $Id: MessageHelper.java,v 1.3 2004/11/02 23:57:06 asmedes Exp $
26 */
27 public final class MessageHelper {
28
29 // private static int LEFT_COLUMN_SIZE = 20;
30
31 /***
32 * Return an 'Ant'-like formatting for the messagetext. <code>label</code> and <code>message</code> are returned like
33 * this : <code><n-spaces>[ <label> ] <message></code>
34 *
35 * @param label Some label
36 * @param message The actual message
37 * @return
38 */
39 public static String format(String label, String message) {
40
41 // int size = (label.length() < LEFT_COLUMN_SIZE ? LEFT_COLUMN_SIZE - label.length() : 0);
42
43 StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
44 // buffer.append(StringUtils.repeat(" ", size));
45 buffer.append("[ ").append(label).append(" ] ");
46 buffer.append(message);
47
48 return buffer.toString();
49 }
50 }