Java's Flow Controls

A statement:
 assignment;
A block:
 {assignment; assignment; ... }
if(boolean condition)
  statement; or {block}
else   
  statement; or {block}
An else is always bound
to the most recent if. 
switch x {
  case A:  statement; or {block}          //fall through
  case B:  statement; or {block}          //fall through
  case C:  statement; or {block} break;   //skip default
  default: statement; or {block}

while(condition) statement; or {block}

do statement; or {block} while(condition)

for(initializers; condition; incrementers) 
 statement; or {block}

label: statement; or {block}

Bailing Out

break;
exit the inner-most block in which it occurs 
break label;
exit the labelled block called label 
continue;
immediately start the next pass of the inner-most loop 
continue label;
immediately start the next pass of the labelled loop 
return;
return from the current method to its caller 
return(x);
return from the current method, passing the value of x to its caller. The type of x must be the return type declared for this method.

NOTE: There's no goto statement in Java because break and continue can express more formally what goto is used for in other languages.

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