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

Actually, the following is the cleanest implementation I have seen so far. It uses an annotation to convert a comment into a string variable...

/**
  
    
    
      

        Hello

        Multiline

        World

      
    
  
  */
  @Multiline
  private static String html;

So, the end result is that the variable html contains the multiline string. No quotes, no pluses, no commas, just pure string.

This solution is available at the following URL... http://www.adrianwalker.org/2011/12/java-multiline-string.html

Hope that helps!