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Java switch Statements

The Java switch statement provides a handy way to select a specific action based on the value of a given variable. From Java 12 the switch statement can even be used as an expression meaning it can return a value instead of only being able to perform an action.

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Pivotal Throws Its Weight Behind OpenJDK with Spring Runtime – The New Stack

Pivotal has been acting as a steward of the Spring Framework for Java for more than 15 years now, but, in the light of recent changes in the Java licensing model by Oracle, the company has decided to further invest itself in the open source future of Java with its Pivotal Spring Runtime.The Spring Runtime includes Pivotal’s OpenJDK distribution, which covers ongoing support, plus regular security and performance updates, as well as commercial support for the most popular Spring projects — Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Cloud Dataflow, among others — and support for Apache Tomcat (and its own Pivotal tc Server).