Insert a break into each case : switch « Statements « SCJP






public class MainClass{
    public static void main(String[] argv){
        int x = 1;
        switch(x) {
          case 1:  {
            System.out.println("x is one");  break;
          }
          case 2:  {
            System.out.println("x is two");  break;
          }
          case 3:  {
            System.out.println("x is two");  break;
          }
        }
        System.out.println("out of the switch");
    }
}
x is one
out of the switch








5.8.switch
5.8.1.switch Statements
5.8.2.Case constant must be a compile time constant!
5.8.3.Method being invoked on the object reference must return a value compatible with an int.
5.8.4.It's illegal to have more than one case label using the same value.
5.8.5.It is legal to leverage the power of boxing in a switch expression.
5.8.6.Break and Fall-Through in switch Blocks
5.8.7.Insert a break into each case
5.8.8.Fall-through logic
5.8.9.The Default Case
5.8.10.The default case doesn't have to come at the end of the switch.
5.8.11.default works just like any other case for fall-through!
5.8.12.To ensure that only one case of a switch statement is executed, you need to use the break statement.
5.8.13.The break statement transfers execution out of an enclosing statement.