The current OpenJDK proposal, “Exception handling in switch (Preview),” would be part of the Standard Edition of Java, although no specific version Java SE has been designated yet as the ...

In Azul’s previous survey, 72% of Oracle Java users were already considering a switch to another JDK provider. That has surged to 88% in the latest Azul survey.

Try rewriting Listing 4 as a traditional C/Java switch statement, and you will get an idea of how much better off we are with Kotlin’s when statement. Also, similar to if , when can be used as ...