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!
*/