labels used on ordinary method calls - Java

Question

I was always aware of labels in Java to use for loops such as:

myLoop: for(;;) {
  // codez
  break myLoop;
}

but just recenlty I found out that this is valid:

myLabel: System.out.println("");

Why would one want to do that? What is the use of this (if any)?

Since, `goto` is not implemented in Java (God's sake!) it's just doing nothing :) — Dmitry Ginzburg, Oct 16 '14 at 15:43
possible duplicate of [using labels in java without "loops"](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5057931/using-labels-in-java-without-loops) — Dmitry Ginzburg, Oct 16 '14 at 15:45

Nathan Hughes · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-16T15:52:20.070

The label at the top of a control structure causes execution to resume at the end of the control structure once break myLoop; is called.

Putting a label on a line that doesn't precede a control structure doesn't do anything. There's no point, but at least it's harmless.

Labels are described here in the Java language specification. There's nothing stopping you from putting a label on any statement. Maybe Java's designers didn't want to restrict which statements could be labeled so that if they introduced a new control structure they wouldn't have to add it to the set of statements that can be labeled.

labels used on ordinary method calls - Java

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