How to use Switch case In the Java

Question

I am using Neatbeans 7.0 for Java programming. I have written a Switch case for selection of the program.

switch(menu)
        {
            case 1:
            {
                //stmt
            }
            default:
            {
                //stmt
                return;
            }
        }

I am getting compile time error at switch(menu)

The Error is "strings in switch are not supported in -source 1.6
  (use -source 7 or higher to enable strings in switch)

(Alt-Enter shows hints)" Can any one please help me on this.

Answer 1

String cases in switch statements are supported in Java SE 7, but not in previous versions of Java. You need to compile with Java 7.