2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/zwobble/hobgoblin/compiler/output/lang/java/JavaWriter.java b/src/main/java/org/zwobble/hobgoblin/compiler/output/lang/java/JavaWriter.java
index 6c7410e..d46511b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/zwobble/hobgoblin/compiler/output/lang/java/JavaWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/zwobble/hobgoblin/compiler/output/lang/java/JavaWriter.java
@@ -890,9 +890,17 @@ public class JavaWriter implements AutoCloseable {
     }
 
     private void writeStringLiteral(JavaStringLiteral stringLiteral) throws IOException {
-        // TODO: escaping
         this.writer.write("\"");
-        this.writer.write(stringLiteral.value());
+        this.writer.write(
+            stringLiteral.value()
+                .replace("\\", "\\\\")
+                .replace("\t", "\\t")
+                .replace("\b", "\\b")
+                .replace("\n", "\\n")
+                .replace("\r", "\\r")
+                .replace("\f", "\\f")
+                .replace("\"", "\\\"")
+        );
         this.writer.write("\"");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/zwobble/hobgoblin/compiler/output/lang/java/JavaWriterTests.java b/src/test/java/org/zwobble/hobgoblin/compiler/output/lang/java/JavaWriterTests.java
index fe5fa81..f45a432 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/zwobble/hobgoblin/compiler/output/lang/java/JavaWriterTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/zwobble/hobgoblin/compiler/output/lang/java/JavaWriterTests.java
@@ -1615,6 +1615,15 @@ public class JavaWriterTests {
         assertThat(string, equalTo("\"hello\""));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void stringLiteralWithSpecialCharacters() throws IOException {
+        var java = new JavaStringLiteral("\t\b\n\r\f\"\\");
+
+        var string = write(writer -> writer.writeTopLevelExpression(java));
+
+        assertThat(string, equalTo("\"\\t\\b\\n\\r\\f\\\"\\\\\""));
+    }
+
     // === Precedence handling ===
 
     @Test