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First Contact with Switch Expressions in Java 12

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With Java 12, switch is no longer just a statement, but becomes an expression. Let's take a look!

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First Contact with Switch Expressions in Java 12

Want to play around with the code yourself? Check out the repository Java X Demo, a project showcasing all important Java 9-16 features - it contains many of the snippets shown in the video. It has a permissive license, so you can reuse the code for your projects.

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Want to play around with the code yourself? Check out the repository Java X Demo, a project showcasing all important Java 9-16 features - it contains many of the snippets shown in the video. It has a permissive license, so you can reuse the code for your projects.

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With switch becoming an expression, it can have a return value (instead of having to assign or return results) and with a lambda-like syntax that doesn't fall-through (no more break 🎉) and exhaustiveness checks (less default ) it is much more readable. So much to talk about!