Raw Strings in Java - for regex in particular. Multiline strings

Question

Is there any way to use raw strings in Java (without escape sequences)?

(I\'m writing a fair amount of regex code and raw strings would make my code immensely more r

Answer 1

No. But there's an IntelliJ plug-in that makes this easier to deal with, called String Manipulation.

IntelliJ will also automatically escape a string pasted into it. (As @Dread points out, Eclipse has a plug-in to enable this.)