Why Eclipse give me an error when I insert this XML Soap request inside a String?

Question

I am pretty new in SOAP web services in Java and I have the following problem.

I have a method that create the SOAP Envelop for a REQUEST , this one:

String soapXml = "<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:tem="http://tempuri.org/"><soapenv:Header/><soapenv:Body><tem:getConfigSettings><tem:login>name.surname</tem:login><tem:password>myPassword</tem:password><tem:ipAddress>192.120.30.40</tem:ipAddress><tem:clientVersion>1</tem:clientVersion><tem:lastUpdateTime>1</tem:lastUpdateTime></tem:getConfigSettings></soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>";

As you can see I put the SOAP REQUEST Envelop inside the soapXml string.

The problem is that when I put this XML inside this String object Eclipse marks this line as incorrect saying me the following error:

Multiple markers at this line
    - Syntax error, insert ";" to complete Statement
    - Line breakpoint:WebServiceHelper [line: 124] - authentication(String, String, String, 
     String)

Is it an error concerning how I have inserted the XML code inside a String? Or what? What can I do to solve?

Tnx

Andrea

Answer 1

The string you are inserting contains " , terminating the initial string.

Escape every " as \\" inside your SOAP string.

WRONG:
String soapXml = "<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://sc ... to be continued       

CORRECT:
String soapXml = "<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=\"http://sc ... to be continued

Answer 2

You need to escape the " inside the strings like this \\"

String soapXml = "<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:"+
"soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\""+
"xmlns:tem=\"http://tempuri.org/\"><soapenv:Header/><soapenv:Body>"+
"<tem:getConfigSettings><tem:login>name.surname</tem:login>"+
"<tem:password>myPassword</tem:password><tem:ipAddress>192.120.30.40"+
"</tem:ipAddress><tem:clientVersion>1</tem:clientVersion>"+
"<tem:lastUpdateTime>1</tem:lastUpdateTime></tem:getConfigSettings>"+
"</soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>";

More suitable example would be

String s = "hello";
String s2 = "\"hello\"";
System.out.println(s);      =>    hello
System.out.println(s2);      =>    "hello"