Depends on where you break it. Something like the following should always
work:

if ((condition) ||
   (condition) ||
   (condition)) {
   ...
}

When an if has more than two conditions, it's time to see if it's possible
to refactor the code. The more conditions an if-statement contains, the
messier and less maintainable it will be.

JW

Do you mean the condition or the scope of the if ?
Sounds like the latter since there is never a problem with multi line
conditions because Java is free format ie the compiler ignores all white
space between constructs. Obviously you can't put white space within
constructs.

You must use braces for scope if you have more than 1 statement to execute
within the if block

ie

if (myBoolean) meth1(); // is fine

but

if (myBoolean)
   meth1();
   meth2();

will only execute meth1(), if you want both you need:

if (myBoolean) {
   meth1();
   meth2();
}

Some people do say always use braces, but I think it is fine for cases where
you really will only execute 1 method, but then I always put it on one line
to distiguish this intent:

if (myBoolean)  meth1();

--
Mike W

Java, C/C++, C#, and similar languages are not line-based.  You
you might want to make sure you're not seeing the syntax error
because it's spread over multiple lines.

(As an example of what I mean, there's an extra word in the above
text that you might have missed because the text was spread over
multiple lines.)

There are no known problems.  If you think you have found one, please
post it.