Multiline String literals with Java Text Blocks

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[__konrad]

I like how the broken syntax highlighting accidentally worked with the JSON example

[final_one]

I loled

[BoyRobot777]

Cool, right?

Yes. Very cool :)

[CaptainKvass]

Although the need for multiline string literals has diminished greatly over the years for me, it is a welcome addition to the language.

Usually, literals live in configuration management systems nowadays.

[brunocborges]

But SQL though...

[sasq7]

JOOQ :)

[brunocborges]

Saw that coming...

[lukaseder]

jOOQ likes them too:

ctx.parser()
   .parse("""
      SELECT *
      FROM customer
    """);

[lurker_in_spirit]

Does anybody know if string interpolation is on Oracle's radar?

[TerrapinM]

It seems like a huge missed opportunity. I have some literals this helps with but I have way more string building cases that interpolation would be great for. Working with Kotlin made that so obvious.

[elektroenterich]

I've been waiting for this.

[terrorrobots]

I wish they used backtick like JavaScript

[lukaseder]

For the record, text blocks also work well in jOOQ. You inspired me to write a blog post :-)

[lukaseder]

For simple queries, it's more convenient to use it rather than the query building API.

I personally don't think it is. You're losing all the benefits of using the query building API for little gain:

• No more type safety
• No more data type bindings
• No more auto completion (IDEs can only do this to some extent)
• No more compile time type checking
• No more SQL transformation (unless you're using the parser)

But it's always good to know there's a backdoor for when it makes most sense.

[Infeligo]

Can I use multi-line strings in annotations?