JPQL syntax - Text blocks

[raulvaldoleirospowerdot]

Suggestion

JPQL syntax is a great feature, it would be great if it supports:

• Text blocks
• String concatenation

In the following image you can see that right now isn't supported

[nickzhums]

@martinlippert @BoykoAlex for awareness

[martinlippert]

I would like to suggest to move this issue over to https://github.com/spring-projects/sts4/issues/ where the actual feature is being implemented... :-)

[raulvaldoleiros]

Done: spring-projects/spring-tools#1262

[martinlippert]

@raulvaldoleiros Thanks for moving it, much appreciated !!!

[BoykoAlex]

@raulvaldoleiros text blocks are supported in the latest version of the spring boot tools extension I believe:

As for string concatenation it'd take some effort to support it.

[raulvaldoleiros]

Currently I have the version 1.54.0 installed

I don't have a newest version to install

Maybe I just need to wait for the next stable release.

[martinlippert]

@raulvaldoleiros There is a button on the extension page to switch to a pre-release version.

[raulvaldoleiros]

@martinlippert The pre-release works as expected.
Thanks for the hint :)

[github-actions]

Hi @raulvaldoleirospowerdot, I'm an AI Support assistant here to help with your issue. While the team reviews your request, I wanted to provide some possible tips and documentation that might help you in the meantime.

Suggestion

Currently the Java textmate grammar in VS Code (used by the Red Hat Java extension) does not recognize JPQL inside Java text blocks or concatenated strings as a distinct language. You have two options:

• Fallback to classic concatenation

  @Query(
    "select a from User" +
    " where a.id = :id"
  )

• Use text blocks without highlighting

  @Query("""
    select a from User
    where a.id = :id
  """)

  until JPQL-injection support is added.

No built-in feature or workaround currently exists to inject JPQL syntax highlighting into text blocks. You can track similar requests and add your feedback to help prioritize this feature in the language server.

Labels

• enhancement
• syntax-highlighting
• text-blocks
• jpql

Duplicate

No duplicates found.

Other references with low confidence

• fix #521: add null check before accessing javaExt.exports #525 – Syntax highlighting for SQL in Strings?
  Requests SQL highlighting inside Java string literals. No solution yet.
  Syntax Highlighting for SQL in Strings? redhat-developer/vscode-java#525

• View and copy toString() of objects in the VARIABLES and WATCH windows #1264 – Text block breaks syntax highlighting…
  Reports text block syntax highlighting breaks when certain characters appear.
  Text block breaks syntax highlighting if an odd number (>=3) of double quotes appear inside the text block redhat-developer/vscode-java#1264 (comment)

• Syntax highlight after text block with double slash inside quote #994 – Syntax highlight after text block…
  Similar visual glitch in the VS Code Java Pack.
  Syntax highlight after text block with double slash inside quote #994

• new UX to configure java runtime #791 – Java Syntax high light incorrection
  General string-coloring bug, downstream effect of incomplete grammar.
  Java Syntax high light incorrection redhat-developer/vscode-java#791

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