jump-table

Is there anything like branch/jump table in Java?

Hi all, does Java have something similar to a branch or jump table? A branch or jump table table is, according to wikipedia, "a term used to describe an efficient method of transferring program control (branching) to another part of a program (or a different program that may have been dynamically loaded) using a table of branch instruct...

C/C++ goto

Hi everybody! I want to declare an array of "jumplabels". Then I want to jump to a "jumplabel" in this array. But I have not any idea how to do this. It should look like the following code: function() { "gotolabel" s[3]; s[0] = s0; s[1] = s1; s[2] = s2; s0: .... goto s[v]; s1: .... goto s[v]; ...

Switch-Case: declaration-with-initialization & declaration-and-then-assignment

In the switch-case statements declaration-with-initialization is invalid but declaration-and-then-assignment is allowed. As shown in the following code snippet. What is difference between these two type of initializations from the compiler side? And why is the first type of initialization invalid and second type a valid one. switch(va...