jump tables used in embedded systems

A jump table is an array of function calls, it is essentially a map, if there is a specific byte/integer that defines type, then we can read that type/number and then call a corresponding function, it is an array of functions that when referenced execute a function on the types behalf

i.e.

def jump_table
    [
        method1,
        method2,
        method3
    ]
end

jump_table[0x00]
# in this instance 0x00 is the type/number we are looking for

This is used instead of a switch statement, because it is more compact

The reason it is called a jump table is because the CPU would jump to that function