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The conditional operator {{?:}} uses the {{boolean}} value of one expression to decide which of the other two expressions should be evaluated \[[JLS 052005|AA. Java References#JLS 05]\]. The conditional operator is syntactically right-associative. For instance {{a?b:c?d:e?f:g}} is equivalent to {{a?b:(c?d:(e?f:g))}}. 

This noncompliant code example uses boxed and unboxed primitives of different types in the conditional expression. Consequently, the {{Integer}} object is auto-unboxed to its primitive type {{int}} and coerced to the primitive {{float}}. This results in loss of precision. \[[Findbugs 082008|AA. Java References#Findbugs 08]\] (sic)

\[[JLS 052005|AA. Java References#JLS 05]\] [Section 15.25, Conditional Operator ? :|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/expressions.html#15.25]
\[[Bloch 052005|AA. Java References#Bloch 05]\] Puzzle 8: Dos Equis
\[[Findbugs 082008|AA. Java References#Findbugs 08]\] "Bx: Primitive value is unboxed and coerced for ternary operator"