Java equivalent of C#'s verbatim strings with @

Question

Quick question. Is there an equivalent of @ as applied to strings in Java:

For example I can do @\"c:\\afolder\\afile\" in C# and have it ignore the esc

Answer 1

Currently it is not supported in Java but could be available in future releases. There was created JEP 326: Raw String Literals at 2018/01/23

See the progress at https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8196004

Probably some day you will be able to do it with:

`c:\afolder\afile`

UPDATE: JEP proposed to drop from JDK 12:326: Raw String Literals (Preview) You can read the rationale here: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-December/002402.html

And more details here https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8215682

The bottom line: There will not be verbatim strings in Java in near future. And even if it will appear it rather will not be ``.