how do i calculate powers in java using recursion based on this identity?

public class Pow {
    public static void main(String $[]){
        System.out.println(pow(2,9));
    }
    public static double pow(double base, int power){
        if (power == 0)
            return 1;
        //even
        if((power&1)==0)
            return pow(base*base,power/2);
        //odd
        return base*pow(base,power-1);
    }
}

xⁿ = (x²)^n/2 if n is even

xⁿ = x*x^n-1 if n is odd

Point of using this approach is to compute the power in log(n) because it is dividing the power by two when its even.