Strings in a switch?

Question

I would like to give my switch-statement a string, but that does not seem to work, is it possible in any way?
public void test(String str) {
switch(str){
   case "Green":{
              System.out.println("The color is green");}
   case "Blue":{
              System.out.println("The color is blue");}
}

Answer 1

Java should supports String in a switch statement; however, it should not supports Object (as pointed out in previous reply). Only problem i see is the implementation. Since String is an Object, then wouldn't swicth (obj) works as well. THe compiler would not catch this..but runtime can (if the implementation check to make sure the object is an instance of a String). and frankly, i don't wnt to do a try..catch on a switch statement to catch runtime error...The main purpose of a switch(String) is to make the code more readable.
I think this is the reason Java exclude String in the switch statement. If you include String, then you must include Object...but how do we compare object? by equals(), hashcode(), reference, or toString().equals(toString())? from the look of it, any comparison is valid..which is the problem because there must be one uniform comparison everyone must agree with to make it work. unfortunately, we know not everyone will agree on which is the best way to perform the comparison.
still..it would be nice to do switch(myString)