Rendering JSON response string in Java Controller like a Scala Controller

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In a Scala controller, I can simply render a response (for dev pursposes) using the magical """:

Ok("""{"key":"value"}"""}

In a Java controller, this obviously doesn't work. Is there a quick way to render a JSON string as a response? (that is too long to escape manually without hitting my head against a wall)

I don't want to do:

ok("{\"key\":\"value\"}");

Ilya · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-19 19:15:20Z

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No. """ it's feature from Scala and Groovy programming languages. In Java no analogue.
You can try

ok("{'key':'value'}");

but it does not always work

edited Sep 19, 2012 at 19:15

answered Sep 19, 2012 at 19:06

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Kim Stebel · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-19 19:07:37Z

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The only way I see is to write a small shell script or scala script to do the escaping for you and then copy/paste the output of that into your java file.

answered Sep 19, 2012 at 19:07

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