What is ? .... : in the code? I do not know the term and I can't search it for it

Question

What is ? and : means in the following code?

@Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
    return sectionHeader.contains(position) ? TYPE_SEPARATOR : TYPE_ITEM;
}

It is from the following link:

@Gary ...because it has 3 operands, but its name is "conditional operator" and it is good to use this name since we can't be sure that other ternary operator will not be introduced in future. — Pshemo, Feb 19 '16 at 01:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 19 '16 at 00:55

1

It is simply a shorter way of saying

if (sectionHeader.contains(position) {
  TYPE_SEPARATOR
} else {
  TYPE_ITEM
}

answered Feb 19 '16 at 00:55

user372495

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