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Many classes, including {{Pattern}} and those that support {{XML}} and {{SQL}} based actions by passing {{String}} arguments to methods, allow inclusion of escape sequences in character and string literals. According to the Java Language Specification \[[JLS 052005|AA. Java References#JLS 05]\] section 3.10.6 "Escape Sequences for Character and String Literals":

\[[JLS 052005|AA. Java References#JLS 05]\] 3.10.6 Escape Sequences for Character and String Literals
\[[API 062006|AA. Java References#API 06]\] [Class Pattern|http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html] "Backslashes, escapes, and quoting"
\[[API 062006|AA. Java References#API 06]\] [Package java.sql|http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/package-summary.html]