Java™ How To Program (Early Objects), Tenth Edition

case without a break Statement

Without break statements, each time a match occurs in the switch, the statements for that case and subsequent cases execute until a break statement or the end of the switch is encountered. This is often referred to as “falling through” to the statements in subsequent cases. (This feature is perfect for writing a concise program that displays the iterative song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” in Exercise 5.29.)

Common Programming Error 5.7

Forgetting a break statement when one is needed in a switch is a logic error.