Not only in Java, this syntax is available within PHP, Objective-C too. In the following link it gives the following explanation, which is quiet good to understand it: A ternary operator is some operation operating on 3 inputs. It's a shortcut for an if-else statement, and is also known as a conditional operator. In Perl/PHP it works as:

Jan 2, 2010 · It is the Bitwise xor operator in java which results 1 for different value of bit (ie 1 ^ 0 = 1) and 0 for same value of bit (ie 0 ^ 0 = 0) when a number is written in binary form.

Java has 5 different boolean compare operators: &, &&, |, ||, ^ & and && are "and" operators, | and || "or" operators, ^ is "xor" The single ones will check every parameter, regardless of the values, before checking the values of the parameters. The double ones will first check the left parameter and its value and if true (||) or false (&&) leave the second one untouched. Sound …

Mar 7, 2010 · I was just reading this line: The first thing the format() method does is load a Velocity template from the classpath named output.vm Please explain what was meant by classpath in this context, a...

Feb 7, 2013 · The flag Xmx specifies the maximum memory allocation pool for a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), while Xms specifies the initial memory allocation pool. This means that your JVM will be started with Xms amount of memory and will be able to use a maximum of Xmx amount of memory. For example, starting a JVM like below will start it with 256 MB of memory and will …

Aug 16, 2021 · How does my Java program know where my keystore containing the certificate is? Or alternatively: How do I tell my Java program where to look for the keystore? After specifying the keystore in some ...

Sep 26, 2008 · I know there's some JAVA_OPTS to set to remotely debug a Java program. What are they and what do they mean ?

Sep 23, 2008 · Many times, a Java app needs to connect to the Internet. The most common example happens when it is reading an XML file and needs to download its schema. I am behind a proxy server. How can I set ...

While hunting through some code I came across the arrow operator, what exactly does it do? I thought Java did not have an arrow operator. return (Collection<Car>) CollectionUtils.select(list...

JAVA_HOME if you installed the JDK (Java Development Kit) or JRE_HOME if you installed the JRE (Java Runtime Environment). In the Variable Value field, enter your JDK or JRE installation path . Open Command Prompt as Administrator. Set the value of the Environment variable to your JDK (or JRE) installation path as follows: