JAVA TEXT BLOCK Guideline 6

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JAVA TEXT BLOCK Guideline 6

· java

Avoid in-line text blocks within complex expressions, as doing so can distort readability. Consider refactoring to a local variable or to a static final field.

// ORIGINAL
String poem = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("jabberwocky.txt")));
String middleVerses = Pattern.compile("\\n\\n")
                             .splitAsStream(poem)
                             .match(verse -> !"""
                                   ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
                                   Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
                                   All mimsy were the borogoves,
                                   And the mome raths outgrabe.
                                   """.equals(verse))
                             .collect(Collectors.joining("\n\n"));

// BETTER
String firstLastVerse = """
    ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
    Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
    All mimsy were the borogoves,
    And the mome raths outgrabe.
    """;
String poem = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("jabberwocky.txt")));
String middleVerses = Pattern.compile("\\n\\n")
                             .splitAsStream(poem)
                             .match(verse -> !firstLastVerse.equals(verse))
                             .collect(Collectors.joining("\n\n"));