Programming preference - use else ifs with multiple return statements? [closed]

Answer 1

The only feasible alternative in this particular case is to grab the conditional operator ?:.

public String getTemperatureMessage(double temp) {
    return temp < 32 ? "Freezing"
         : temp < 60 ? "Brr"
         : temp < 80 ? "Comfortable"
         : "Too hot";
}

Left behind the question how that's readable to starters.

References

• JLS 15.25 Conditional Operator ?:
  • The operator is right-associative, thus such nesting of the operator will work "as expected"

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