Java multiline string

Question

Coming from Perl, I sure am missing the \"here-document\" means of creating a multi-line string in source code:

$string = <<\"EOF\"  # create a three-l         


        

Answer 1

In Eclipse if you turn on the option "Escape text when pasting into a string literal" (in Preferences > Java > Editor > Typing) and paste a multi-lined string whithin quotes, it will automatically add " and \n" + for all your lines.

String str = "paste your text here";