Question

My application required to have switch case statement of type String.

I need something like this:

    Object list1 = "list1";
    Object list2 = "list2";
    Object list3 = "list3";

    Object option = "list1";
    switch (option) {
        case list1: // Do something
        case list2: // Do something
        case list3: // Do something
        default:    // Do something
    }

Is it possible to have?

EDIT:

Is it better to use switch case for n conditions rather going with if
and else? Please comment on it?

Answer 1

Since you are switching on Strings I assume that the strings are known at compile time. In that case you can use an enum.

    public enum MyStrings{

        LIST1, LIST2
    }

Then

    switch(MyStrings.valueOf(option)){

         case LIST1: do something; break;
         //etc.
    }