how does a ternary operator work in java code example

Example 1: ternery java

int val1 = 10;
int val2 = 20;

int max = val1 >= val2 ? val1 : val2;

Example 2: java ternary operator

The condition part of a ternary operator is followed by a question mark (?). 
After the question mark are the two values the ternary operator can return, separated by a colon (:).

The values part consists of two values. The first value is returned if the condition parts evaluates to true.
The second value is returned if the condition part evaluates to false.