String Switch in Java

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Compiled from "StringSwitch.java"
public class StringSwitch {
  public StringSwitch();
    Code:
       0: aload_0
       1: invokespecial #1                  // Method java/lang/Object."<init>":()V
       4: return

  public static void main(java.lang.String[]);
    Code:
       0: ldc           #2                  // String foo
       2: astore_1
       3: aload_1
       4: astore_2
       5: iconst_m1
       6: istore_3
       7: aload_2
       8: invokevirtual #3                  // Method java/lang/String.hashCode:()I
      11: lookupswitch  { // 3
                 97299: 58
                 97307: 72
                101574: 44
               default: 83
          }
      44: aload_2
      45: ldc           #2                  // String foo
      47: invokevirtual #4                  // Method java/lang/String.equals:(Ljava/lang/Object;)Z
      50: ifeq          83
      53: iconst_0
      54: istore_3
      55: goto          83
      58: aload_2
      59: ldc           #5                  // String bar
      61: invokevirtual #4                  // Method java/lang/String.equals:(Ljava/lang/Object;)Z
      64: ifeq          83
      67: iconst_1
      68: istore_3
      69: goto          83
      72: aload_2
      73: ldc           #6                  // String baz
      75: invokevirtual #4                  // Method java/lang/String.equals:(Ljava/lang/Object;)Z
      78: ifeq          83
      81: iconst_2
      82: istore_3
      83: iload_3
      84: tableswitch   { // 0 to 2
                     0: 112
                     1: 123
                     2: 134
               default: 142
          }
     112: getstatic     #7                  // Field java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
     115: ldc           #2                  // String foo
     117: invokevirtual #8                  // Method java/io/PrintStream.println:(Ljava/lang/String;)V
     120: goto          142
     123: getstatic     #7                  // Field java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
     126: ldc           #2                  // String foo
     128: invokevirtual #8                  // Method java/io/PrintStream.println:(Ljava/lang/String;)V
     131: goto          142
     134: getstatic     #7                  // Field java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
     137: ldc           #2                  // String foo
     139: invokevirtual #8                  // Method java/io/PrintStream.println:(Ljava/lang/String;)V
     142: return
}

StringSwitch.java

public class StringSwitch {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
                String f = "foo";
                switch(f) {
                        case "foo":
                                System.out.println("foo");
                                break;
                        case "bar":
                                System.out.println("foo");
                                break;
                        case "baz":
                                System.out.println("foo");
                                break;
                }
        }
}