Max string literal length is greater than 2^16 -1

Question

In Scala 2.11 I am using the Play JSON API and when the line executes it throws an error.

val bodyParsed = Json.parse(bodyText.replaceAll("\\\\", ""))

That is because the length of bodyText is greater than 2^16 - 1.

How can I fix the problem?

I came across this post but I'm not sure whether it's the solution in my case.

i am unable to capture error as it executes on one of the node. i tried with try and catch but it not coming in to catch. basically i put an accumulator in catch and updating the accumulator but it is not updating the accumulator. — oortcloud_domicile, Jul 23 '18 at 18:41
So what is the max value for String in java, I was reading online it's around 2^32-1. — zenwraight, Jul 23 '18 at 19:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '18 at 20:27

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Sorry this has nothing to do with the size of the string. I was able to capture my error in to a variable and see. it looks like the string i am getting is not JSON compliant and was throwing an error.

answered Jul 23 '18 at 20:27

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