Agreed that the C-style switch is crammed with misfeatures. But Java does now let you write this (haven't tried compiling this, may contain small errors):

Agreed that the C-style switch is crammed with misfeatures. But Java does now let you write this (haven't tried compiling this, may contain small errors): static String describe(int change) { return switch (change) { case 0 -> "unchanged"; case -1, 1 -> "mostly unchanged"; case Integer i && i > 0 -> "increased"; case Integer i -> "decreased"; } } No fallthrough, can mix constants and conditions (with syntax some will find clunky), and is an expression.