Style of switch statements with curly brackets

[shawnkoh]

Hi Prof,
I understand from the style guide that switch statements should look like this.

String test = "abc";
switch (test) {
case "abc":
    # doStuff
    break;
case "bcd":
    # doOtherStuff
    break;
default:
    throw new Exception();
}

May I know what the style should be when the switch statement uses scopes in their cases.
Should it be like this?

String test = "abc";
switch (test) {
case "abc": {
    # doStuff
    break;
}
case "bcd": {
    # doOtherStuff
    break;
}
default: {
    throw new Exception();
}
}

The rationale for having curly brackets in switch statements is to provide a scope for the case's variables.
Consider this scenario:
It will fail to compile because the variable foo is being declared twice.

switch (test) {
case "abc":
    String foo = "bar";
    break;
case "bcd":
    String foo = "baz";
    break;
}

[damithc]

May I know what the style should be when the switch statement uses scopes in their cases.
Should it be like this?

String test = "abc";
switch (test) {
case "abc": {
    # doStuff
    break;
}
case "bcd": {
    # doOtherStuff
    break;
}
default: {
    throw new Exception();
}
}

Yes, I supposed so, if one follows the current coding standard. Yes, it does look ugly. It's rare to use braces within a switch statement. In the rare case braces are used, one can deviate from the standard with an explanation for the deviation.