"Do nothing" using ternary operator [duplicate]

Question

I want to use the ternary operator like this - checking only the true part of the statement:

foo() ? bar() : /* Do nothing */; 

Is it possible to exclude the logic of the "else" part of this statement? I tried using return; but the compiler gives the error. Basically all I want to achieve is a statement using ternary operator which would look like this:

foo() ? bar(); 

Is this achievable?

Answer 1

The ternary operator is usually used to immediately assign a value.

String a = bar() ? foo() : null; 

For your usecase, you can simply use an if construct:

if (foo())     bar(); 

Answer 2

If it would work like that we wouldn't call it ternary anymore. I think the only way is that do something which does nothing. for example call a method which has empty body, or if you assign a value from this operation to a variable just assign a default value.