How to split up complex conditions and keep short circuit evaluation?

Question

Sometimes conditions can become quite complex, so for readability I usually split them up and give each component a meaningful name. This defeats short-circuit evaluation ho

Answer 1

If your goal is readability, why not simply break the lines and add comments?

    if (args != null                // args not null
        && args.length == 2         // args length is OK
        && !args[0].equals(args[1]) // args are not equal
    ) {

        System.out.println("Args are ok");
    }