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+package com.github.javaparser.ast.expr;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static com.github.javaparser.JavaParser.parseExpression;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class StringLiteralExprTest {
+    @Test
+    public void unicodeEscapesArePreservedInStrings() {
+        StringLiteralExpr omega = parseExpression("\"xxx\\u03a9xxx\"");
+        assertEquals("xxx\\u03a9xxx", omega.getValue());
+    }
+}