What is this syntax called Bool bool = object.method() > 0 in Java

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Published on 2010-06-14T11:58:42Z Indexed on 2010/06/14 12:02 UTC
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I've just seen this line of code in my housemates code.

Bool bool = method() > 0;

or

string name = "Tony"; boolean nameIsTony = name == "Tony";

This would result in nameIsTony becoming true.

So you can have an inline conditional statement?

What is this called?

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