Gotham Canuk

If Java 7 headliners include Fork/Join, G1, and NIO2, etc, then here are some of the opening acts.

String Switch Statements

Without getting into the cons of encouraging the use of Strings, I am happy to hear Java developers can finally switch on a String without relying on Enums. Its kinda of sad that it wasn’t there before.

 static boolean simpleStringSwitchExample(String s) {  
     switch(s) {  
       case "one":  
         return true;  
       case "zero":  
        return false;  
     }  
     throw new IllegalArgumentException(s);  
  }  

Simplified Exception Catching

When catching two unrelated exceptions with the same error handling, you no longer need multiple catch clauses. Instead, there’s something that reminds me of a bitwise OR. (more…)