Why does Java allow for labeled breaks on arbitrary statements?

Question

I just learned today that the following Java code is perfectly legal:

myBlock: {
    /* ... code ... */

    if (doneExecutingThisBlock())
        break myBlock;         


        

Answer 1

Why make it so that you can only break out of certain enclosing statements using labeled breaks but not regular breaks

Consider:

while (true) {
    if (condition) {
        break;
    }
}

If the break did as you suggest, this code would perform unexpectedly. Breaks would become a lot more difficult to use.

And why allow for this behavior at all?

I don't use it, but it is a feature and allows for certain unique control-flow constructs. I'd ask you, why not allow it?