What is the Java ?: operator called and what does it do?

Question

I have been working with Java a couple of years, but up until recently I haven\'t run across this construct:

int count = isHere ? getHereCount(index) : getAw         


        

Answer 1

It's the conditional operator, and it's more than just a concise way of writing if statements.

Since it is an expression that returns a value it can be used as part of other expressions.