Operators - Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ - page 508

The main unary operators are — , ! , ++ , —— , [] , and new . You will notice that ++ and —— appear
in each of the top two rows in Table C.1. Those in the top row take a single operand on their
left, while those in the second row take a single operand on their right.

Table C.1
Java operators,
highest precedence
at the top

[] . ++ —— ( parameters )

++ —— + — ! ~

new ( cast )

* / %

+ —

<< >> >>>

< > >= <= instanceof

== !=

&
^
|

&&

||
?:
= += — = *= /= %= >>= <<= >>>= &= |= ^=

C.2 Boolean expressions

In boolean expressions, operators are used to combine operands to produce a value of either
true or false . Such expressions are usually found in the test expressions of if statements and
loops.

The relational operators usually combine a pair of arithmetic operands, although the tests for
equality and inequality are also used with object references. Java's relational operators are:

== equal to not equal to

!=

less than <= less than or equal to <

greater than >= greater than or equal to >

The binary logical operators combine two boolean expressions to produce another boolean
value. The operators are:

&& and
|| or
^ exclusive or