Text blocks keep multi-line strings readable

A text block strips the common indentation, so embedded JSON or SQL stays aligned with the code without escape characters.

Code

String json = """
        {
          "tool": "JSON Formatter",
          "free": true
        }""";
System.out.println(json);

String sql = """
        SELECT id, email
        FROM users
        WHERE enabled = 1""";
System.out.println("---");
System.out.println(sql);
System.out.println("--- lines: " + sql.lines().count());

Output

{
  "tool": "JSON Formatter",
  "free": true
}
---
SELECT id, email
FROM users
WHERE enabled = 1
--- lines: 3

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Published 2026-07-30