Java annotation utility for multiline text

Question

WRT Any Future Plans for Multiline Java String.

How difficult is it to write a utility that does the following?

@AllYouCanEatText(return="query")
private String getQuery(String empid, String[] columns) {
  String query;
  /*
  SELECT ${columns}
  FROM Employees
  WHERE empid = ${empid}
  ;
  */
  return query;
};

Of course, before I jump in front of the barrel, I should have asked - Is such a utility already available? If so, where?

The issue at hand is actually - how do I read the comments section in reflection during compile time. As an indication of my (dismal) level of familiarity with Reflection and annotation processing - the last time I used reflection was run-time to read methods. Is compile-time reflection possible?

Is anyone interested in sharing a google code project with me to do this? May be there is already an apache project afoot?

This underscores why my question needed to be voted down for mixing up the two. - At compile time = Annotation Processors. Whereas, run-time = reflection. Thanks for prompting me thro the down vote. — Blessed Geek, Aug 24 '12 at 20:56
That is *not* justification for downvoting. It is a useful question. — WestCoastProjects, Sep 12 '16 at 15:12

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 31 '12 at 14:50

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I came across this a while ago, never used it myself, but I think its what you are looking for http://www.adrianwalker.org/2011/12/java-multiline-string.html

answered Aug 31 '12 at 14:50

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