public static String getShortName(final Step step, final int maxLength) {
        final String name = step.toString();
        if (name.length() > maxLength)
            return name.substring(0, maxLength - 3) + "...";
        return name;
    }
Returns the name of <i>step</i> truncated to <i>maxLength</i>. An ellipses is appended when the name exceeds
<i>maxLength</i>.

@param step
@param maxLength Includes the 3 "..." characters that will be appended when the length of the name exceeds
                 maxLength.
@return short step name.
gremlin-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/process/traversal/util/TraversalHelper.java