Upcasting and Downcasting (OOP - JAVA)
Upcasting and Downcasting Upcasting A object, a variable or a method inside a super class is accessed a object, a variable or a method in a sub class called Upcasting. A a = new B(); super class object reference - A reference variable - a sub class object reference - B eg: int x = 5; long y = 5; x = y; <= wrong way y = x; <=correct way eg: double a = 7.88; float b = 25.98f; a = b; <=correct way b = a; <=wrong way Consider the following example. class A{ } class B extends A{ } class Test{ A a = new A(); B b = new B(); b = a; <=wrong way a = b; <=correct way } Downcasting Sub class object which has been assigned to the Super class variable is converting to a sub class object called Downcasting. consider the following example. class A{ } class B extends class A{ } class Test{ A a = new A(); <=correct B b = new B();...