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- Tiger simply requires that you not preface each enumerated type with the enum class name
- if not handling every enumerated type - warining will be displayed that not all of enum values not being compile time constants

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  1. public void testSwitchStatement(PrintStream out) throws IOException {
  2.  
  3.      StringBuffer outputText = new StringBuffer(student1.getFullName( ));
  4.  
  5.  
  6.  
  7.      switch (student1.getGrade( )) {
  8.  
  9.        case A:
  10.  
  11.          outputText.append(" excelled with a grade of A");
  12.  
  13.          break;
  14.  
  15.        case B: // fall through to C
  16.  
  17.        case C:
  18.  
  19.          outputText.append(" passed with a grade of ")
  20.  
  21.                     .append(student1.getGrade( ).toString( ));
  22.  
  23.          break;
  24.  
  25.        case D: // fall through to F
  26.  
  27.        case F:
  28.  
  29.          outputText.append(" failed with a grade of ")
  30.  
  31.                     .append(student1.getGrade( ).toString( ));
  32.  
  33.          break;
  34.  
  35.        case INCOMPLETE:
  36.  
  37.          outputText.append(" did not complete the class.");
  38.  
  39.          break;
  40.  
  41.      }
  42.  
  43.  
  44.  
  45.      out.println(outputText.toString( ));
  46.  
  47.    }

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