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Switch statements with String is long waiting enhancement which is requested 1995(Decade before I have joined to IT industry). This String switch statement uses the equal operation to compare the String object in expression and label. Therefore String switch statement is case sensitive. Also according to the Java documentation, this switch statement is more efficient than if-else statements("Java compiler generates generally more efficient bytecode from switch statements"). Ex: public void stringSwitchStatement(String value) { switch (value) { case "Chandana": System.out.println("Input is Chandana"); break; case "OtherValue": case "OtherValue2": System.out.println("Other inputs : " + value); break; case "Test": System.out.println("Input is Test"); break; default: throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid input value : " + value); } }

With JAVA SE 7, Multi-catch exceptions handling has been introduced and it is a convinent way for exception handling, since we can catch multiple exceptions using one catch block. In the "Multi-catch" block each exception should be separated by pipe (|) charatcter and that will make code is more readable. Read more :  Working with Java SE 7  Ex: public class SampleClass { public static void main(String[] args) { try { // Your code } catch (ParseException | IOException exception) { // inside the multie catch block } } }

Many SOA governance tools/solutions have not been matured over the years. However, SOA governance tools provided by WSO2 has been improved a lot during the last couple of years. WSO2 Governance Registry provides enterprises with end-to-end SOA governance, which includes configuration governance, development process governance, design and runtime governance, and life cycle management. This enables IT professionals to streamline application development, testing and deployment processes. The latest WSO2 Governance Registry release (5.0), introduces a host of features to further enhance various aspects of SOA governance. WSO2 Governance Registry (5.0) release has a new publisher and store user interfaces to publish and consume assets. Asset owners can publish the assets from the Publisher UI and manage the lifecycle of these assets from this UI, while consumers can discover them from the Store UI. New features of WSO2 Governance Registry: WSO2 Governance Registry is shipped with newly