How to chain conditional statements in Java in a way that if b is false, than do not check c?
If a and c are false, and b is true, does c will be checked?
if (a || b || c)
I am looking for similar feature that PHP holds with difference between OR and ||
The Java || operator (logical or operator) does not evaluate additional arguments if the left operand is true. If you wanted to do that, you can use | (bitwise or operator), although, according to the name, this is a little of a hack.
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-15.html#jls-15.23
Thus, && computes the same result as & on boolean operands. It differs only in that the right-hand operand expression is evaluated conditionally rather than always.
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-15.html#jls-15.24
Thus, || computes the same result as | on boolean or Boolean operands. It differs only in that the right-hand operand expression is evaluated conditionally rather than always.
Extra: it is considered bad programming style to depend on these semantics to conditionally call code with side effects.