One alternative instead of using hard-coded values could be using range mappings on the the switch statement instead:
private static final int RANGE_5_100 = 1;
private static final int RANGE_101_1000 = 2;
private static final int RANGE_1001_10000 = 3;
public boolean handleRanges(int n) {
int rangeCode = getRangeCode(n);
switch (rangeCode) {
case RANGE_5_100: // doSomething();
case RANGE_101_1000: // doSomething();
case RANGE_1001_10000: // doSomething();
default: // invalid range
}
}
private int getRangeCode(int n) {
if (n >= 5 && n <= 100) {
return RANGE_5_100;
} else if (n >= 101 && n <= 1000) {
return RANGE_101_1000;
} else if (n >= 1001 && n <= 10000) {
return RANGE_1001_10000;
}
return -1;
}