Which “if” construct is faster - statement or ternary operator?

Question

There are two types of if statements in java - classic: if {} else {} and shorthand: exp ? value1 : value2. Is one faster than the oth

Answer 1

Both of your examples will probably compile to identical or nearly identical bytecode, so there should be no difference in performance.

Had there been a difference in execution speed, you should still use the most idiomatic version (which would be the second one for assigning a single variable based on a simple condition and two simple sub-expressions, and the first one for doing more complex operations or operations that do not fit on a single line).