Editing Java syntax (section)

==Operators==
Operators in Java are similar to those in [[C++]]. However, there is no <code>delete</code> operator due to [[Garbage collection (computer science)|garbage collection]] mechanisms in Java, and there are no operations on [[Pointer (computer programming)|pointers]] since Java does not support them. Another difference is that Java has an unsigned right shift operator (<code>>>></code>), while C's right shift operator's signedness is type-dependent. Operators in Java cannot be [[Operator overloading|overloaded]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="text-align: center" | Precedence
! style="text-align: center" | Operator
! style="text-align: center" | Description
! style="text-align: center" | Associativity
|-
! rowspan=3| 1
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | <code>()</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | Method invocation
| style="vertical-align: center" rowspan="4" | Left-to-right
|-
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | <code>[]</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | Array access
|-
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | <code>.</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | Class member selection
|-
! 2
| style="border-bottom-style: none" | <code>++</code> <code>--</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none" | Postfix increment and decrement<ref>{{Cite web|title = Operators (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Language Basics)|url = http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/operators.html|website = docs.oracle.com|access-date = June 16, 2015|publisher = Oracle and/or its affiliates|archive-date = June 24, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150624161036/http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/operators.html|url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=5| 3
| style="border-bottom-style: none" | <code>++</code> <code>--</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none" | Prefix increment and decrement
| style="vertical-align: center" rowspan="5" | Right-to-left
|-
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | <code>+</code> <code>-</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | Unary plus and minus
|-
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | <code>!</code> <code>~</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | Logical NOT and bitwise NOT
|-
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | <code>(''type'') val</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | Type cast
|-
| style="border-top-style: none" | <code>new</code>
| style="border-top-style: none" | Class instance or array creation
|-
! 4
| <code>*</code> <code>/</code> <code>%</code>
| Multiplication, division, and modulus (remainder)
| style="vertical-align: center" rowspan="13" | Left-to-right
|-
! rowspan=2| 5
| style="border-bottom-style: none;" | <code>+</code> <code>-</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none;" | Addition and subtraction
|-
| style="border-top-style: none" | <code>+</code>
| style="border-top-style: none" | String concatenation
|-
! 6
| <code>&lt;&lt;</code> <code>&gt;&gt;</code> <code>&gt;&gt;&gt;</code>
| [[Bitwise operation|Bitwise]] left shift, signed right shift and unsigned right shift
|-
! rowspan=3| 7
| style="border-bottom-style: none;" | <code>&lt;</code> <code>&lt;=</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none;" | [[Relational operator|Relational]] "less than" and "less than or equal to"
|-
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | <code>&gt;</code> <code>&gt;=</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | Relational "greater than" and "greater than or equal to"
|-
| style="border-top-style: none" | <code>instanceof</code>
| style="border-top-style: none" | Type comparison
|-
! 8
| <code>==</code> <code>!=</code>
| Relational "equal to" and "not equal to"
|-
! 9
| <code>&amp;</code>
| Bitwise and logical AND
|-
! 10
| <code>^</code>
| Bitwise and logical XOR (exclusive or)
|-
! 11
| <code><nowiki>|</nowiki></code>
| Bitwise and logical OR (inclusive or)
|-
! 12
| <code>&amp;&amp;</code>
| Logical conditional-AND
|-
! 13
| <code><nowiki>||</nowiki></code>
| Logical conditional-OR
|-
! 14
| <code>''c'' ? ''t'' : ''f''</code>
| [[Ternary operator|Ternary]] conditional (see [[?:]])
| style="vertical-align: center" rowspan="6" | Right-to-left
|-
! rowspan=5| 15
| style="border-bottom-style: none" | <code>=</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none" | Simple assignment
|-
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | <code>+=</code> <code>-=</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | Assignment by sum and difference
|-
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | <code>*=</code> <code>/=</code> <code>%=</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | Assignment by product, quotient, and remainder
|-
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | <code>&lt;&lt;=</code> <code>&gt;&gt;=</code> <code>&gt;&gt;&gt;=</code>
| style="border-bottom-style: none; border-top-style: none" | Assignment by bitwise left shift, signed right shift and unsigned right shift
|-
| style="border-top-style: none" | <code>&amp;=</code> <code>^=</code> <code><nowiki>|</nowiki>=</code>
| style="border-top-style: none" | Assignment by bitwise AND, XOR, and OR
|}