public class Test { void withDefaultWithoutBreak(MyEnum e) { String foo = null; switch (e) { case FOO: foo = "foo"; case BAR: foo = "bar"; default: foo = "default"; } int l = foo.length(); } void withDefaultWithBreak(MyEnum e) { String foo = null; switch (e) { case FOO: foo = "foo"; break; case BAR: foo = "bar"; break; default: foo = "default"; } int l = foo.length(); } void withDefaultWithoutBar(MyEnum e) { String foo = null; switch (e) { case FOO: foo = "foo"; break; default: foo = "default"; } int l = foo.length(); } void withoutDefaultWithBreak(MyEnum e) { String foo = null; switch (e) { case FOO: foo = "foo"; break; case BAR: foo = "bar"; break; } int l = foo.length(); } void withoutDefaultWithoutBreak(MyEnum e) { String foo = null; switch (e) { case FOO: foo = "foo"; case BAR: foo = "bar"; } int l = foo.length(); } void withoutDefaultWithoutBar(MyEnum e) { String foo = null; switch (e) { case FOO: foo = "foo"; } int l = foo.length(); } } enum MyEnum { FOO, BAR; }