Android™ How to Program, Second Edition

Using Strings in switch Statements (New in Java SE 7)

As of Java SE 7, you can use Strings in a switch statement’s controlling expression and in case labels. For example, you might want to use a city’s name to obtain the corresponding ZIP code. Assuming that city and zipCode are String variables, the following switch statement performs this task for three cities:

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      switch( city )      {          case "Maynard":            zipCode = "01754" ;             break ;          case "Marlborough":            zipCode = "01752" ;             break ;          case "Framingham":            zipCode = "01701" ;             break ;         } // end switch