How to use something like doc string in a script scheme in Gherkin?

Question

I am doing a simple rest api test in Cucumber Java. The answer is in Json format.

The gherkin function file I am writing looks like this:

  Scenario:  
    Given I query service by "employees"
    When I make the rest call
    Then response should contain:
      """
      {"employees":[
      {"firstName":"John", "lastName":"Doe"},
      {"firstName":"Anna", "lastName":"Smith"},
      {"firstName":"Peter", "lastName":"Jones"}
      ]}
      """

Now, since there are several requests for testing with various parameters, such as “employees”, “departments”, etc., it is natural to write “Script Script” to complete the task:

  Scenario Outline: 
    Given I query service by "<category>"
    When I make the rest call
    Then response should contain "<json_string_for_that_category>"
    Examples:
      | category     | json_string_for_that_category     |
      | employee     | "json_string_expected_for_employee"  |
      | department   | "json_string_expected_for_department"|

where json_string_expected_for_employee is simply:

  {"employees":[
  {"firstName":"John", "lastName":"Doe"},
  {"firstName":"Anna", "lastName":"Smith"},
  {"firstName":"Peter", "lastName":"Jones"}
  ]}

by copying and pasting.

But there are problems with this approach:

• There are special characters in the Json line to escape if they are surrounded by "
• The script script table looks very dirty

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Answer 1

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