title: Verbatim string alternatives in JAVA
body: <p>Knowing that Java doest have verbatim strings (@) like in C#,is there way to keep the format of a string when using it in the code?I have a sql code i have to use inside the code,but for readability i have to keep it in a certain format,i can do that in c# using @,but how can i achieve that in Java? </p>
  
  <p>For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>String SQL=@"INSERT INTO VERSION_INFO
          ( TABLE_NAME ,
            VERSION_ID ,
            DATE,
            EXP
          )
  VALUES  ( '' , -- TABLE_NAME - varchar(50)
            0 , -- VERSION_ID - int
            0 , -- DATE- int
            ''  -- EXP- varchar(100)
          )";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have to use this as is,without much modification...</p>
  
  <p>edited for stupidness...</p>