The Java programming language provides several control flow statements,

• looping - while, do-while , for
  
• decision - making if-else, switch-case
  
• exception - handling try-catch-finally, throw
  
• branching - break, continue, label:, return
  

They can be used to,

• conditionally execute statements,
• to repeatedly execute a block of statements,
• and to otherwise change the normal, sequential flow of control.