<p>Switch cases should remain small to keep the overall switch compact and readable.</p>

<p>The following code snippet illustrates this rule with the default threshold of 5:</p>

<pre>
switch (myVariable) {
  case 0:                     // Compliant - 5 lines till following case
    System.out.println("");
    System.out.println("");
    System.out.println("");
    break;
  default:                    // Non-Compliant - 6 lines till switch end
    System.out.println("");
    System.out.println("");
    System.out.println("");
    System.out.println("");
    break;
}
</pre>