On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, marc fleury wrote:
> when we do
>
> if (string.equals("this"))
>
> else if (string.equals("that"))
>
> how much slower is it than
>
> switch (stringAsInt)
> case THIS:
>
> case THAT:
If strings are final, then you can use ==, instead of the much slower
.equals().
A switch stmt is really nothing more than a series of if/elseif blocks. So,
making all strings static/final, and using ==, should make for a win, without
making the code hard to read by using abstract ints.
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