Bitwise Operators

Java defines several bitwise operators, which can be applied to the integer types, long, int, short, char, and byte.

 

Bitwise operator works on bits and performs bit-by-bit operation.

 

Assume if 

int a = 60;

int b = 13;

 

Now in binary format they will be as follows.

 

a	operator	b	=
0011	&	1100	0000 1100
0011	|	1100	0011 1101
0011	^	1100	0011 0001
0011	~	1100	1100 0011