OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I Certification Guide

5.1. The if, if-else, and ternary constructs

[3.3] Create if and if/else and ternary constructs

In this section, we’ll cover if, if-else, and ternary constructs. We’ll examine what happens when these constructs are used with and without curly braces {}. We’ll also cover nested if, if-else, and ternary constructs.

5.1.1. The if construct and its flavors

An if construct enables you to execute a set of statements in your code based on the result of a condition. This condition must always evaluate to a boolean or a Boolean value. You can specify a set of statements to execute when this condition evaluates to true or false. (In many Java books, the terms constructs and statements are used interchangeably.)

Multiple flavors of the ...