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.
I addition to the previous answers, why not just

```
if (b == 0) {
 return 1;
}

```

?