Keyboard Input and switch statement error

Question

Hi,
Below is a program to read an alphabet and check whether its a vowel/consonent using switch statement.
Its always executin' the default stmt and not going into the case 1. This is because the ascii value of the character is being stored rather than the character.Could you please rectify this program?
Thanks,
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import java.io.*;
class vowel
public static void main(String args[])throws Exception
System.out.println("Enter a character:");
char ch=(char)System.in.read();
switch(ch)
case 1: if(ch=='a')//||ch=='e'||ch=='i'||ch=='o'||ch=='u')
System.out.println("The character is a vowel-a");
break;
default: System.out.println("The character is a consonent ! ");

Answer 1

     ch = Character.toLowerCase(ch);
     switch (ch) {
          case 'a' :
          case 'e' :
          case 'i' :
          case 'o' :
          case 'u' :
               System.out.println("The character is a vowel: " + ch);
               break;
          default :
               System.out.println("The character is a consonent ! ");
     }