Why the strange indentation on switch statements?

Question

Why is the imho missing indentation of the \"case\" - keywords in a switch statement considered good style?

No indentation of the \"case\" keyword seems to be the defaul

Answer 1

The 1999 official Oracle Code Conventions for the Java TM Programming Language (section 7.8) recommends a switch style where case statements are not indented relative to the switch statement as a whole.

This is a subjective choice, but Sun decided it is better if everyone stick to one style, and picked this.