Java 11 and 12 – New Features

XML data

The following code is an example of XML data that you might need to store using a Java string:

<plastic id="98751"> 
  <singleuse> 
    <item value="Water Bottle" replaceWith="Steel bottle" /> 
    <item value="Straw" replaceWith="Ban Straws" /> 
    <item value="spoon" replaceWith="Steel Spoon" /> 
  </singleuse> 
</plastic> 

The following code shows how you can define the preceding data as a String literal by using the appropriate escape sequences:

String data = 
"<plastic id=\"98751\">\n" + 
  "<singleuse>\n" + 
    "<item value=\"Water Bottle\" replaceWith=\"Steel bottle\" />\n" + 
    "<item value=\"Straw\" replaceWith=\"Ban Straws\" />\n" + 
    "<item value=\"spoon\" replaceWith=\"Steel Spoon\" />\n" + 
  "</singleuse>\n" + 
"</plastic>"; 

Again, the escape sequences ...