Section E.3. Literals

E.3. Literals

String literals are indicated with single quotes. For example:

 JMSType = 'updateAck' 

If you need to use a single quote in a string literal, you use two single quotes. For example:

 JMSCorrelationID = 'Joe''s message' 

Numeric literals are either integer values or floating-point values. Integer values follow the rules for Java integer literals. They are all numerals, with no decimal point, and can have a value in the same range as a Java long value. For example:

 42, 149, -273 

Floating-point literals follow the syntax of Java floating-point literals. They are all numerals with a decimal point:

 3.14, 98.6, -273.0 

or are in scientific notation:

 31.4e-1, 6.022e23, 2.998e8 

Literals can also be the Boolean values trUE or FALSE.