cannot throw exception from switch-"unreachable statement"

Hi,

why is this an unreachable statement?

publicstatic Msg newMsg(int type, Object data)

{

Msg msg;

switch (type)

{

case MsgTypes.MSG_CLUSTER_CREATED:

msg=new MsgClusterCreated();break;

....

case MsgTypes.MSG_REPLY:

msg=new MsgReply();break;

default:

thrownew MessageTypeNotDeclaredException();break;//unreachable statement!!!

}

msg.setDataSegment(data);

return msg;

}

[1125 byte] By [uiga] at [2007-11-26 12:21:35]