<p>As an example in pseudocode:</p>

<pre><code>if ((a mod 2) == 0)
{
    isEven = true;
}
else
{
    isEven = false;
}
</code></pre>

Here is the representation of your pseudo-code in minimal Java code;
```
```
boolean isEven = a % 2 == 0;
```
```
I'll now break it down into its components. The modulus operator in Java is the percent character (%). Therefore taking an int % int returns another int. The double equals (==) operator is used to compare values, such as a pair of ints and returns a boolean. This is then assigned to the boolean variable 'isEven'. Based on operator precedence the modulus will be evaluated before the comparison.