The conditional operator ?: uses the boolean value of its first operand to decide which of the other two expressions will be evaluated. (See §15.25, "Conditional Operator ? :" of the Java Language Specification [JLS 2011].)
The general form of a Java conditional expression is operand1 ? operand2 : operand3.
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Puzzle 8, "Dos Equis" | |
"Bx: Primitive Value Is Unboxed and Coerced for Ternary Operator" | |
[JLS 2011] | §15.25, "Conditional Operator ? :" |
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