Pattern matching for switch in Java

Java interview exercise on Modern Java, difficulty 2 of 3. Solve it in the editor beside a worked example, or cold in Interview mode with the example hidden; the tests run the moment you do.

Write describe(o) as a switch over an Object with type patterns: null → "nothing"; an Integer above 100 → "big number" (a guard with when); any other Integer → "number <n>"; a String → "text of length <n>"; a List → "list of <size>"; anything else → "something".

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