Is there any way I can write (copy-paste) nicely-formatted SQL queries in Java string literals using Eclipse?

Question

When I wish to use SQL queries in Java, I usually hold them in final String variables. Now, when the string is too large, it goes out of page breadth, and we either have to

Answer 1

Actually a really good question, I often wonder about that as well. One tip I can give you is using the following:

//@formatter:off
    private static final String QUERY = 
    "SELECT t.* " +
      "FROM table t " +
     "WHERE t.age > 18";
//@formatter:on

It does not convert a SQL query into a Java String literal, but it keeps Eclipse from reformatting your String awkwardly unreadable.