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Java Casting Rules

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//X is a supper class of Y and Z which are sibblings.

public class RunTimeCastDemo {

public static void main(String args[]) {


X x = new X();
Y y = new Y();
Z z = new Z();
X xy = new Y(); // compiles ok (up the hierarchy)
X xz = new Z(); // compiles ok (up the hierarchy)
// Y yz = new Z(); incompatible type (siblings)
// Y y1 = new X(); X is not a Y
// Z z1 = new X(); X is not a Z
X x1 = y; // compiles ok (y is subclass of X)
X x2 = z; // compiles ok (z is subclass of X)
Y y1 = (Y) x; // compiles ok but produces runtime error
Z z1 = (Z) x; // compiles ok but produces runtime error
Y y2 = (Y) x1; // compiles and runs ok (x1 is type Y)
Z z2 = (Z) x2; // compiles and runs ok (x2 is type Z)
// Y y3 = (Y) z; inconvertible types
(siblings)
// Z z3 = (Z) y; inconvertible types
(siblings)
Object o = z;
Object o1 = (Y) o; // compiles ok but produces runtime error
}
}

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