[Solved] Java orphaned case

In this post, I will be sharing how to solve java orphaned case error in Java. This error is rare and mostly occurs when there is a code syntax mistake in the switch statement in the program. It is a compile-time error. As always, first, we will produce the java orphaned case error before moving on to the solution.

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[Fixed] Java Orphaned Case

Example 1: Producing the error by capitalizing the switch statement

We can easily produce this error by capitalizing the switch statement as shown below:

public class JavaOrphanedCase {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
      int i = 0;
      
      Switch(i) 
      {
          case 0:
              System.out.println("Alive is Awesome");
              break;
      }
    }  
}

Output:
JavaOrphanedCase.java:4: error: ';' expected
              Switch(i)
                              ^
JavaOrphanedCase.java:6: error: orphaned case
                       case 0:
                       ^
2 errors

Explanation:

The error is because of capitalizing the first letter of the switch statement.

Solution:

In Java, we need to write a switch statement in lowercase to get rid of the error orphaned case as shown below:

public class JavaOrphanedCase {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
      int i = 0;
      
      switch(i) 
      {
          case 0:
              System.out.println("Alive is Awesome");
              break;
      }
    }  
}

Output:
Alive is Awesome

Example 2: Producing the error by having cases out of the switch statement

We can easily produce this error by having the cases out of the switch statement as shown below:

public class JavaOrphanedCase2 {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
      int i = 1;
      switch(i) 
      {
          case 1:
            System.out.println("Be in present");
            break;      
      }
      case 2:
        System.out.println("Alive is Awesome");
        break;
    }  
}

Output:
JavaOrphanedCase2.java:10: error: orphaned case
             case 2:
             ^
1 error

Explanation:

The cause of this error is by having cases out of the switch statement.

Solution:

In Java, we need to include cases inside the switch statement to get rid of the error orphaned case as shown below:

public class JavaOrphanedCase2 {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
      int i = 1;
      switch(i) 
      {
          case 1:
            System.out.println("Be in present");
            break;
      
          case 2:
            System.out.println("Alive is Awesome");
            break;
      
      }    
    }  
}

Output:
Be in present

That's all for today, please mention in the comments in case you are still facing the compilation error orphaned case in Java.