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Java 11 and 12 ??? New Features

You're reading from   Java 11 and 12 ??? New Features Learn about Project Amber and the latest developments in the Java language and platform

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789133271
Length 242 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mala Gupta Mala Gupta
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: JDK 10 FREE CHAPTER
2. Type Inference 3. AppCDS 4. Garbage Collector Optimizations 5. Miscellaneous Improvements in JDK 10 6. Section 2: JDK 11
7. Local Variable Syntax for Lambda Parameters 8. Epsilon GC 9. The HTTP Client API 10. ZGC 11. Flight Recorder and Mission Control 12. Miscellaneous Improvements in JDK 11 13. Section 3: JDK 12
14. Switch Expressions 15. Miscellaneous Improvements in JDK 12 16. Section 4: Project Amber
17. Enhanced Enums in Project Amber 18. Data Classes and Their Usage 19. Raw String Literals 20. Lambda Leftovers 21. Pattern Matching 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Exhaustive cases

A switch expression can be used to return a value or just execute a set of statements, like the traditional switch statement.

When you are using a switch expression to return a value that is used to assign a value to a variable, its cases must be exhaustive. This essentially means that, whatever value you pass to the switch argument, it must be able to find an appropriate branch to execute. A switch expression can accept arguments of the byte, short, int, Byte, Short, Integer, or String types or enums. Of these, only an enum has exhaustive values.

In the following example, a switch expression is being used to assign a value to the damage variable. Since there is no matching branch to execute for the PLATE value, this code won't compile:

class Planet { 
    private static long damage; 
    public void use(SingleUsePlastic plastic) { 
        damage += switch...
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