Java: Is if , else if and else count as one statement?

Question

Example:

if(Boolean){
    if(Boolean) something();
    else if(Boolean) something(); 
    else something();
           }

This is the same as

if(Boolean)
    if(Boolean) something();
    else if(Boolean) something(); 
    else something();

Is if, else if and else count as one statement?

No one should write such ugly, hard to read code. Learn a better idiom. — duffymo, Jul 29 '15 at 01:24
[Is it ok if I omit curly braces in Java?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8020228/is-it-ok-if-i-omit-curly-braces-in-java) it is not. — Mick Mnemonic, Jul 29 '15 at 01:27

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '15 at 02:03

An if/else pair is one statement. If you have if/else if/else, that's actually two if statements, with the second one being in the first one's else clause.

if(Boolean)                                                 \
    something(); <- one statement                           |
else                                                        | one
{                                                           | if
    if(Boolean)                              \              | statement
        something(); <- one statement        | one if       |
    else                                     | statement    |
        something(); <- one statement        /              |
}                                                           /

Java: Is if , else if and else count as one statement?

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