From 95bc88feeab2b09ab5dac7376087160b0b89a958 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alberto Paro <alberto.paro@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 04:43:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: limit author name to 255 characters as in table (#801)

---
 .../adityachandel/booklore/service/BookCreatorService.java    | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/booklore-api/src/main/java/com/adityachandel/booklore/service/BookCreatorService.java b/booklore-api/src/main/java/com/adityachandel/booklore/service/BookCreatorService.java
index 535357568..a50cdcfad 100644
--- a/booklore-api/src/main/java/com/adityachandel/booklore/service/BookCreatorService.java
+++ b/booklore-api/src/main/java/com/adityachandel/booklore/service/BookCreatorService.java
@@ -56,13 +56,15 @@ public class BookCreatorService {
             bookEntity.getMetadata().setAuthors(new HashSet<>());
         }
         authors.stream()
+                .map(authorName -> truncate(authorName, 255))
                 .map(authorName -> authorRepository.findByName(authorName)
                         .orElseGet(() -> authorRepository.save(AuthorEntity.builder().name(authorName).build())))
                 .forEach(authorEntity -> bookEntity.getMetadata().getAuthors().add(authorEntity));
     }
 
     private String truncate(String input, int maxLength) {
-        if (input == null) return null;
+        if (input == null)
+            return null;
         return input.length() <= maxLength ? input : input.substring(0, maxLength);
     }