String

String values are represented as a sequential set of characters. Some characters must be escaped depending on the representation used for transfer mechanism. For example, the ampersand (&) must be escaped as & in XML.

Omitted values are interpreted as null.

Example

For example, if you had a widget with an id integer field and a descr String field, it might look like:

XML

<widget id="1" descr="Red &amp; Blue Widget"/>

JSON

{"__type":"widget", "id":"1", "descr":"Red & Blue Widget"}

See also

• About null Values
• java.lang.String JavaDocs
• W3 XML Character Data Syntax
• JSON Syntax