Strings in switch Statements - available from Java 7 on

Good to know - Java 7 supports String type in switch statement.

Note 1: String are compared via equals() method - note, not via equalsIgnoreCase! and not via  ==.
Note 2: switch argument must not be null - else  NullPointerException is thrown.

Example code:

        String color = "#0000FF";

        color = color.toLowerCase();

        switch (color) {

          case "#0000ff":

              System.out.println("BLUE");

          break;

          case "#ff0000":

              System.out.println("RED");

          break;

          default:

              System.out.println("INVALID COLOR CODE");

        }

More: Oracle info on the topic.