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In python I can construct a HTML string without worrying about escaping special characters like < or " by simply enclosing the string in triple quotes like:
html_string = """
<html>
<body>
<p>My text with "quotes" and whatnot!<p>
</body>
</html>
"""
Is there a similar way to do this in Java?
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It can't be done in Java like in Python. However if you are using Eclipse go to Window->Preferences->Java->Editor->Typing The last check box is "Escape text when pasting into a String literal". Check that. Now when you paste when your cursor is between quotation marks it'll be escaped.
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To echo benjismith's trick from a similar question, you can use an alternate character and replace them afterwards:
String myString = "using `backticks` instead of quotes".replace('`', '"');
I found it helpful when I was writing tests with JSON
String json = "{`kind`:`file`,`sid`:802,`rid`:5678 ,`attrs`:{`name`:`FILE-WG-2468`}}".replace('`', '"');
// vs
String json = "{\"kind\":\"file\",\"sid\":802,\"rid\":5678 ,\"attrs\":{\"name\":\"FILE-WG-2468\"}}";
No, but some tools escape it for you when you paste it, like eclipse.
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For the purpose mentioned, Java Server Pages do the trick even without the tripple """'s :-)
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