Storing XML as String

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String xml ="<results count="6">
        <result>
            <id>1</id>
            <name>Mark</name>
            <score>6958</score>
        </result>
   </results>"

I am trying to store XML data in an string. I have followed the above mentioned syntax.But its not working. Please Help me with this.

Garrett Vlieger · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-15 14:24:32Z

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You need to escape the quotes in your XML string and remove the line spaces:

String xml ="<results count=\"6\">" +
        "<result>" +
        "  <id>1</id>" +
        "  <name>Mark</name>" +
        "  <score>6958</score>" +
        "</result>" +
   "</results>";

edited Dec 15, 2011 at 14:24

answered Dec 15, 2011 at 13:55

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DejanLekic Over a year ago

Nope, it will not work - Java does not support multiple-line string literals.

Garrett Vlieger Over a year ago

Fixed it by removing line breaks.

DejanLekic Over a year ago

With one ";" at the end it will be fine. ;)

Kashif Khan · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-15 13:55:10Z

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try to escape the special characters inside the string.....

String xml ="<results count=\"6\">         <result>             <id>1</id>             <name>Mark</name>             <score>6958</score>         </result>    </results>"

or you can use this

    String xml ="<results count='6'>         <result>             <id>1</id>             <name>Mark</name>             <score>6958</score>         </result>    </results>"

answered Dec 15, 2011 at 13:55

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DejanLekic · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-15 13:55:45Z

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You can't do that in Java. String literal can't span multiple lines. Here is how it is done:

String xml = "<results count=\"6\">"
    + " <result>"
    + "   <id>1</id>"
    + "   <name>Mark</name>"
    + "   <score>6958</score>"
    + " </result>"
    + "</results>";

Also note that any double quote must be escaped.

answered Dec 15, 2011 at 13:55

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Sid Malani · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-15 13:55:32Z

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compiler does not like new lines and double quotes. It should be

String xml ="<results count=\"6\">"+
        "<result>" +
            "<id>1</id>" +
            "<name>Mark</name>" +
            "<score>6958</score>" +
        "</result>" +
   "</results>";

double quotes need to be escaped with \

answered Dec 15, 2011 at 13:55

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