Java 11 and 12 – New Features

The escape() method

The escape() method will be used to invert the escapes. The following table shows how it will convert the characters:

Original character	Converted character
Less than ' ' (space)	Unicode or character escape sequences
Above ~ (tilde)	Unicode escape sequences
" (double quotes)	Escape sequence
' (single quote)	Escape sequence
\ (backslash)	Escape sequence

 

The following example doesn't include a newline in the output:

System.out.println("eJava" + "\n".escape() + "Guru"); 

The output of the preceding code is as follows:

eJava\nGuru 

Consider the following code:

System.out.println("eJava" + `•`.escape()); 

The output of the preceding code is as follows (• is converted to its equivalent ...