How to assign json string contents and keep formatting?

Question

I have a block of json that I want to initialize a string with and I want to keep the formatting but this doesn't work.

The json will be much larger than this but just looking for possibilities for assigment w/formatting?

private static final String whateverXXX ='{
    "phonetype":"N95",
        "cat":"WP"
}';

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '14 at 05:57

Impossible. You cannot put pretty-print JSON in a Java source file, ie. a .java file.

The Java Language Specification, among other things, states the following about String literals

It is a compile-time error for a line terminator to appear after the opening " and before the closing matching ".

Consider putting it in a separate text file and reading it in your Java code.

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