public String getOptionDropDownList()
    {

        if(getOption().compareTo("Y") == 0)
                _ddlOption.setSelectedItem("Y");
        else {(getOption().compareTo("N") == 0)
                _ddlOption.setSelectedItem("N");
        }
        return _ddlOption.getHTMLString();
    }

compile:
     [exec] comjackexampleSampleBean.java:161: not a statement
     [exec]             else (getOption().compareTo("N") == 0)
     [exec]                      ^
     [exec] comjackexampleSampleBean.java:162: ';' expected
     [exec]                             _ddlOption.setSelectedItem("N");
     [exec]                                 ^
     [exec] 2 errors

else if (getOption().compareTo("N") == 0) {
   _ddlOption.setSelectedItem("N");
}

else if (getOption().compareTo("N") == 0) {
  _ddlOption.setSelectedItem("N");
}