Very basic question about hidden if else How this works ??

[Gemini Moses]

return map.get(Product1) != null ? (String) map.get(Product1) : NO;

[Bridget Kennedy]

This is an example of a ternary operator.

Here is another good description.
[ October 20, 2008: Message edited by: Bridget Kennedy ]

[Ravikanth kolli]

It is the same as the usual IF-ELSE statement.
something like

if(condition)
then do something 1 ;
else
do something 2

The tertiary operator is similar to..

(condition)? do something 1 : do something 2;

[Campbell Ritchie]

Originally posted by Ravikanth kolli:
It is the same as the usual IF-ELSE statement.

No, it isn't. The ?: operator is an operator which has to fit inside a statement; if-else requires two statements.
I liked Bridget Kennedy's first example (well, until I saw that lunatic Campbell Ritchie had replied), but am not quite so happy with the second.

boolean giveTicket;
giveTicket = speed > speedLimit ? true : false;
if (giveTicket)
pullEmOver(); // nab the offender!

It should read

giveTicket = speed > speedLimit;

But they are right to point out the difference between ?: and if-else.

In Deitel and Deitel you find examples like this

. . . hour > 12 ? "pm" : "am" . . .

What you are doing is embedding a tiny choice between two possibilities inside a line. That example will return the String "am" or the String "pm" depending on the value of hour.

Notice the ?: operator takes 3 operands:

First: boolean value, Boolean, or expression returning a boolean.

Second: Any type, depending on what the rest of the statement needs.

Third: same as second (once any casts, implicit or explicit, are taken into consideration).