Escape double quotes in Java [duplicate]

Use Java's replaceAll(String regex, String replacement)

For example, Use a substitution char for the quotes and then replace that char with \"

String newstring = String.replaceAll("%","\"");

or replace all instances of \" with \\\"

String newstring = String.replaceAll("\"","\\\"");

Escaping the double quotes with backslashes is the only way to do this in Java.

Some IDEs around such as IntelliJ IDEA do this escaping automatically when pasting such a String into a String literal (i.e. between the double quotes surrounding a java String literal)

One other option would be to put the String into some kind of text file that you would then read at runtime

For a String constant you have no choice other than escaping via backslash.

Maybe you find the MyBatis project interesting. It is a thin layer over JDBC where you can externalize your SQL queries in XML configuration files without the need to escape double quotes.