Preserve formatting in copy/paste of eclipse

Question

There is some generated code that builds a map. The values placed in map are multiline strings.
Example:

theMap.put("SOMEKEY", "Line 1 of string.  
               Also line 2 of string.  
               Perhaps more");

When I try to copy/paste the code to eclipse I get red errors due to the format of the value in the map.
I googled and found and here that there is a configuration in Eclipse to preserve the formatting in String literals but it does not seem to work in this case.
Is there any other configuration option?

Replace the line breaks by `"\n"`with a text-editor of your choice ore in eclipse. If you do not post process it by hand use an editor with macro features and write a macro than detects only the line breaks you want to replace. — MrSmith42, Jan 09 '13 at 13:45
@MrSmith42:How do I declare the line breaks in the replace function of the text-editor in order to replace them with `\n`? — Jim, Jan 09 '13 at 13:56
In the find filed: simply copy and paste a newline from the text and in the replace filed write \n (as two characters) — MrSmith42, Jan 09 '13 at 14:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 09 '13 at 13:49

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If you only need to keep space, use the \n character like this:

theMap.put("SOMEKEY", "Line 1 of string.\nAlso line 2 of string.\nPerhaps more");

Or if you want it multiline :

theMap.put("SOMEKEY", "Line 1 of string."
               +"\nAlso line 2 of string."
               +"\nPerhaps more");

If you paste only the string value into empty string (""), to be able to do this you need to have the following setting enabled: window>preferences>java>editor>typing and check the last option (escape text when pasting into a string literals)

edited Jan 09 '13 at 13:49

Mark Rotteveel

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answered Jan 09 '13 at 13:40

Jerome Cance

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My problem is that I need to **paste the existing fragments**. Not how to modify them – Jim Jan 09 '13 at 13:41
I've edited my post with an option which can help you. You must paste a string literal into empty quote for it to run – Jerome Cance Jan 09 '13 at 13:46
What does not work ? if you have the code : theMap.put("SOMEKEY", ""); and you paste your string into the empty string, it should format as expected if the option is checked – Jerome Cance Jan 09 '13 at 13:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 09 '13 at 13:40

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theMap.put("SOMEKEY", "Line 1 of string.\nAlso line 2 of string.\nPerhaps more");

To split into multiple lines:

theMap.put("SOMEKEY", "Line 1 of string.\nAlso line 2 of string.\n" +
        "Perhaps more");

If you want to read multiple lines from a file:

String s, fullString;
while ((s = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
    fullString += s + "\n";
}
bufferedReader.close();
theMap.put("SOMEKEY", fullString);

answered Jan 09 '13 at 13:40

tckmn

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You mean do this manually?My problem is that I need to **paste the existing fragments**. Not how to modify them – Jim Jan 09 '13 at 13:41
@Jim Why do you need to paste the existing fragments? I could think of another way: you could read from a file. – tckmn Jan 09 '13 at 13:43

Preserve formatting in copy/paste of eclipse

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