Learn how to use statements like if, if-else, switch, for, and while to declare variables and specify expressions, make decisions, iterate over statements, and more.

Another improvement that was made between Java 11 and Java 17 is in the way the language uses switch statements. These were first improved in Java 12 and then further refined in Java 13.

The readability, maintainability, and usability of switch statements and expressions in Java would be improved by a proposal to allow exceptions to be handled in the switch block. The current ...