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Diffstat (limited to 'Source/SPDataAdditions.m')
| -rw-r--r-- | Source/SPDataAdditions.m | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Source/SPDataAdditions.m b/Source/SPDataAdditions.m index ec91f55c..8018de8a 100644 --- a/Source/SPDataAdditions.m +++ b/Source/SPDataAdditions.m @@ -187,5 +187,27 @@ static char base64encodingTable[64] = { return retVal; } +/* + * Convert data objects to their string representation (max 255 chars) + * in the current encoding, falling back to ascii. (Mainly used for displaying + * large blob data in a tableView) + */ +- (NSString *) shortStringRepresentationUsingEncoding:(NSStringEncoding)encoding +{ + NSString *tmp = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:self encoding:encoding]; + NSString *shortString; + if (tmp == nil) + tmp = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:self encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]; + if (tmp == nil) + return @"- cannot be displayed -"; + else { + if([tmp length]>255) + shortString = [[NSString stringWithString:tmp] substringToIndex:255]; + else + shortString = [NSString stringWithString:tmp]; + } + [tmp release]; + return shortString; +} @end |