Why can't I use switch statement on a String?

Question

Is this functionality going to be put into a later Java version?

Can someone explain why I can\'t do this, as in, the technical way Java\'s switch state

Answer 1

JEP 354: Switch Expressions (Preview) in JDK-13 and JEP 361: Switch Expressions (Standard) in JDK-14 will extend the switch statement so it can be used as an expression.

Now you can:

• directly assign variable from switch expression,
• use new form of switch label (case L ->):

  The code to the right of a "case L ->" switch label is restricted to be an expression, a block, or (for convenience) a throw statement.

• use multiple constants per case, separated by commas,
• and also there are no more value breaks:

  To yield a value from a switch expression, the break with value statement is dropped in favor of a yield statement.

So the demo from the answers (1, 2) might look like this:

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    switch (args[0]) {
      case "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday" ->  System.out.println("boring");
      case "Thursday" -> System.out.println("getting better");
      case "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday" -> System.out.println("much better");
    }