Question: How can i do forward jumps like this?? Eclipse is complaining label1 is not found...

Thx

```
public class foo {

    int xyz() {
        int b = 1;

        if (b == 0) {
            break label1;
        }

        // MORE CODE HERE

        label1:

            return 1;

    }
}

```

Answer: 
You are trying to use the equivalent of `goto` in Java. You can't, and for good reason. Abandon ship.

Labels are included in Java for the sole reason of choosing *which* **loop or switch** to break out of, in the case of nested loops (or switch statements). They have no other purpose, and even that single purpose is often considered dangerously close to a goto.
You can't do that. You can only break out of an **enclosing** loop structure. You don't have a loop structure at all. Try this instead:

```
public class foo {

    int xyz() {
        int b = 1;
        boolean skip = false;

        if (b == 0) {
            skip = true;
        }

        if (!skip) {
            // MORE CODE HERE
        }
        return 1;
    }
}

```