Free Flowing Switch Statement Example

/*
        Free Flowing Switch Statement Example
        This example shows how case statements are executed if break is
        not used to terminate the execution of the statments.
*/
public class FreeFlowingSwitchExample {

        public static void main(String[] args) {
             
                /*
                 * break statement is used to terminate the flow of
                 * matching case statements. If break statement is
                 * not specified, switch statement becomes free flowing and
                 * all cases following matching case including default
                 * would be executed.
                 */
               
                 int i=0;
               
                 switch(i)
                 {
                        case 0:
                                System.out.println("i is 0");
                             
                        case 1:
                                System.out.println("i is 1");
                             
                        case 2:
                                System.out.println("i is 2");
                             
                        default:
                                System.out.println("Free flowing switch example!");
                 }
        }
}

/*
Output would be
i is 0
i is 1
i is 2
Free flowing switch example!
*/