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

JEP 355: Text Blocks (Preview) aims to cover this functionality, it is currently targeting JDK 13 as a preview feature. Allowing to write something like:

String s = """
    text
    text
    text
  """;

Previous to this JEP, in JDK12, JEP 326: Raw String Literals aimed to implement a similar feature, but it was finally withdrawn.