^ operator in java

This is the same as ^ in most languages, just an XOR.

false ^ false == false
true ^ false == true
false ^ true == true
true ^ true == false 

It's bitwise XOR.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_or

That's the bitwise exclusive OR operation. Check out the Bitwise and Bit Shift Operators section of the Java tutorials for more information.

In java ^ operator used for bitwise XOR operation.

Follow this link to see the operator precedence also.

http://www.uni-bonn.de/~manfear/javaoperators.php