✅ Operator Precedence in Java

Operator precedence determines the order in which operators are evaluated in expressions. Operators with higher precedence are evaluated before operators with lower precedence. If operators have the same precedence, their associativity (left-to-right or right-to-left) determines the order.

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🔹 Table of Java Operator Precedence and Associativity

Precedence Level	Operators	Description	Associativity
1 (Highest)	()	Parentheses (grouping)	Left to right
	[], ., obj.method(), a[i], x.y	Array/member access, method call	Left to right
2	++, --, + (unary), - (unary), ~, !	Unary operators	Right to left
3	*, /, %	Multiplicative	Left to right
4	+, -	Additive	Left to right
5	<<, >>, >>>	Bitwise shift	Left to right
6	<, <=, >, >=, instanceof	Relational	Left to right
7	==, !=	Equality	Left to right
8	&	Bitwise AND	Left to right
9	^	Bitwise XOR	Left to right
10	`	`	Bitwise OR
11	&&	Logical AND	Left to right
12	`		`
13	? :	Ternary conditional	Right to left
14	=, +=, -=, *=, /=, %=	Assignment and compound assignment	Right to left
	&=, `	=, ^=, <<=, >>=, >>>=`
15 (Lowest)	->, ::	Lambda expressions, method reference

🔹 Example Illustrating Precedence

int a = 10, b = 5, c = 2;
int result = a + b * c; // result = 10 + (5 * 2) = 20

👉 Multiplication (*) has higher precedence than addition (+), so it's done first.

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🔹 Using Parentheses for Clarity

To override precedence and make expressions easier to read, use parentheses:

int result = (a + b) * c; // Now result = (10 + 5) * 2 = 30

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🔹 Logical Precedence Example

boolean res = true || false && false;
// AND has higher precedence → evaluated as: true || (false && false) → true