ix StringUtils.abbreviate(String, String, int) contract

violations #1572.

Author: garydgregory

src/changes/changes.xml

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     <action issue="LANG-1818" type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Ivan Ponomarev, Gary Gregory">Fix ClassUtils.getShortClassName(Class) to correctly handle $ in valid class names #1591.</action>
     <action                   type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Ivan Ponomarev, Gary Gregory">ThreadUtils.sleepQuietly(Duration) now restores the current thread's interrupt flag when catching InterruptedException.</action>
     <action issue="LANG-1817" type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Ivan Ponomarev, Gary Gregory">UncheckedFutureImpl clears thread interrupt status when wrapping InterruptedException #1590.</action>
+    <action                   type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="ThrawnCA, Gary Gregory">Fix StringUtils.abbreviate(String, String, int) contract violations #1572.</action>
     <!-- ADD -->
     <action                   type="add" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Add JavaVersion.JAVA_27.</action>
     <action                   type="add" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Add SystemUtils.IS_JAVA_27.</action>