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Escape character for single quotes. Is it really required in String?

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Hello,

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/lexical.doc.html#101089
defines escape character for single character as well.

But single quote works fine in String without any escape character.

public class Class1 {

    private static String str = "I have a single quote. That's it";
    private static String str1 = "I have a single quote. That\'s it";
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(str);
        System.out.println(str1);
    }
}

How the two string is different? And when should I use escape
character for single quote?

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Escape character for single quotes. Is it really required in String? Mausam <mausamhere@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 03:14 -0800
  Re: Escape character for single quotes. Is it really required in String? Mausam <mausamhere@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 03:18 -0800
  Re: Escape character for single quotes. Is it really required in String? Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-02-07 05:30 -0600
    Re: Escape character for single quotes. Is it really required in String? Mausam <mausamhere@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 04:29 -0800
      Re: Escape character for single quotes. Is it really required in String? Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-02-07 10:28 -0800
  Re: Escape character for single quotes. Is it really required in String? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 11:11 -0800

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