Value in switch case - java

Question

Hi guys,
Do you know how (and do I?) can I use variable as a switch case in java? I want to do sth like
switch (someval) {
case 1:
break;
case b:
break;
}
I tried to declare b as a final but I didn't work and it says me b has to be constant

Answer 1

What type is someval?
If you can provide the code, that would be helpful.

EDIT: sorry, I misunderstood the question. The value b has to be a constant literal AFAIK (something like 5, 8138, 27, "string", 2.5, 9.283f, 29294948282838L).

EDIT 2: if you declare a final variable and initialize it with a value at the declaration point, it should be possible to use it in a case expression. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16255270/final-variable-case-in-switch-statement