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

It's a breeze in Groovy; I embed the groovy jar and create a groovy utility class to do all these things and more which I find exasperating to do in Java (since I am stuck using Java 6 in the enterprise.)

it.'p'.each{
switch (it.@name.text()){
   case "choclate":
     myholder.myval=(it.text());
     break;
     }}...