Switch ignore case in java 7

Question

I am doing a POC on Java 7 new features. I have code to use String in switch statement and it works. I want to make it work in case insensitive also. Is there a way to check out with ignoreCase on String?

package com.java.j7;  public class Test {     final private String _NEW ="NEW";     final private String _PENDING = "PENDING";     final private String _CLOSED = "CLOSED";     final private String _REJECTED ="REJECTED";  public static void main(String... strings){      Test j = new Test();     j.processItem("new");     j.processItem("pending");     j.processItem("closed");     j.processItem("rejected");  }  void processItem(String s){     switch (s) {     case _NEW:         System.out.println("Matched to new");         break;     case _PENDING:         System.out.println("Matched to pending");         break;     case _CLOSED:         System.out.println("Matched to closed");         break;     case _REJECTED:         System.out.println("Matched to rejected");         break;      default:         System.out.println("Not matching any more");         break;     }  } } 

Answer 1

no, but you could switch on s.toUpperCase(). so:

switch (s.toUpperCase()) {    //same as before } 

and while we're nitpicking, you better upper-case things in the english locale to avoid issues with turkish

Answer 2

using String in switch Example from oracle docs Using Strings in switch Statements

 public class StringSwitchDemo {          public static int getMonthNumber(String month) {              int monthNumber = 0;              if (month == null) {                 return monthNumber;             }              switch (month.toLowerCase()) {                 case "january":                     monthNumber = 1;                     break;                 case "february":                     monthNumber = 2;                     break;                 case "march":                     monthNumber = 3;                     break;                 case "april":                     monthNumber = 4;                     break;                 case "may":                     monthNumber = 5;                     break;                 case "june":                     monthNumber = 6;                     break;                 case "july":                     monthNumber = 7;                     break;                 case "august":                     monthNumber = 8;                     break;                 case "september":                     monthNumber = 9;                     break;                 case "october":                     monthNumber = 10;                     break;                 case "november":                     monthNumber = 11;                     break;                 case "december":                     monthNumber = 12;                     break;                 default:                      monthNumber = 0;                     break;             }              return monthNumber;         }          public static void main(String[] args) {              String month = "August";              int returnedMonthNumber =                 StringSwitchDemo.getMonthNumber(month);              if (returnedMonthNumber == 0) {                 System.out.println("Invalid month");             } else {                 System.out.println(returnedMonthNumber);             }         }     }