String in switch case

[Asvin Kumar]

I want to use a string in switch case and I get the following error,

[javac] UserData.java:58: incompatible types
[javac] found : java.lang.String
[javac] required: int
[javac] switch(type)

any help??

[Shinelin Samuel]

You cant use String in switch case, allows types are int and char.

[Rob Spoor]

Actually, int and everything that is assignable to int. That includes char, short and byte. Since Java 5.0 enums can also be used in switch statements, and Java 7 may (finally?) introduce the switch statement for Strings. It has been discussed, but I don't know what the status on that is.

[Asvin Kumar]

Thanks for your replies...