doubt regarding ternary operator (?)

[subith86]

In C++
I'm able to do something like this

(some_condition)? function1():function2();

When i tried the same thing in Java it's not possible. It wants some variable to hold the result even though the return type of function1 and function2 are void.

Is there any other way to do it?

[pbrockway2]

It wants some variable to hold the result even though the return type of function1 and function2 are void.

It's not so much that you must assign the result to some variable, rather, "There are two kinds of types in the Java programming language: primitive types (§4.2) and reference types (§4.3). There are, correspondingly, two kinds of data values that can be stored in variables, passed as arguments, returned by methods, and operated on: primitive values (§4.2) and reference values (§4.3)." (JLS 4.1 The Kinds of Types and Values).

Is there any other way to do it?

Yes:

if(someCondition) {
    method1();
} else {
    method2();
}

[subith86]

thanks,

this is the normal if... else...
Anyway fine. Just wanted to know if there was any other alternative for single line condition.