Java - What is the output: String switch and case value

Question

What is the output of the following code.

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    String switchValue = "1";

    switch (switchValue) {

    case "1":
      System.out.println("in case 1");
    case "2":
      System.out.println("in case 2");
    case 2 :
      System.out.println("in case int 2"); // Compilation error: incompatible types
    default:
      System.out.println("in default");
    }
  }
}

Compile time error
Type mismatch: cannot convert from int to String

Note

You cannot use integer value in case for String type.

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