benelog/multiline

An implementation of multiline string literals in Java, using Javadoc comments. This project is originated from the blog post of Adrian Walker ( http://www.adrianwalker.org/2011/12/java-multiline-string.html ).

Multiline

An implementation of multiline string literals in Java, using Javadoc comments.

This project is originated from Adrian Walker's blog post ( http://www.adrianwalker.org/2011/12/java-multiline-string.html ).

Usage

You can use multiline string literals with javadoc comments and '@Multiline' annotation.

For example,

/**
DELETE
FROM post
*/
@Multiline static String deleteFromPost;

is equivalent to the following expression in Groovy.

static String deleteFromPost = """
DELETE
FROM post
"""

Configuration

• Maven project with Eclipse
• Non-Maven Java project with Eclipse

Tips

• Create a template for Multiline-string in Eclipse

Release Notes

• 0.1.2 (2015-09-08)
• 0.1.1 (2012-01-28)
• 0.1.0 : the source code from Adrian Walker's blog post