android - Non conditional boolean to int conversion java - micro optimisation -

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i'm new java , i'm writing android game - , there's 1 line of code in tight loop that's annoying me.

targetblocksremain += letterarray[column][row].istargetblock() ? 1 : 0; 

i feel must possible write without conditional statement , therefore without potential branch prediction performance hit.

i'll optimise out tight loop i'm not massively concerned in long run, it'd nice know if there's way resolve similar situations.

edit clarify - pseudo theoretical questions - there lots of other things improve this, such store istargetblock int. i'm not interested in other suggestions, wondering if there's way resolve particular issue.

edit 2 hoping @ dalvik vm doing shortly work out how handles this.

i know might not avoid conditional statement:

do once in activity:

hashmap<boolean, integer> map=new hashmap<boolean, integer>(); map.put(false, 0); map.put(true, 1); 

and in loop

targetblocksremain += map.get(letterarray[column][row].istargetblock());