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About Joanna Baretto

Joanna Baretto is a Business Analyst at tatvasoft.com.au, which is a leading java application development company, She has been working for four years in the tech domain. Her work across multiple disciplines broadly addresses the narratives of techno experience. You can find her on Twitter @BarettoJoanna.

Learning Casting in Java

Last updated on August 25, 2020

One of the most renowned programming languages at present is Java. Furthermore, Java application development continues to be a lucrative source of income for many people who are into the tech industry. The language is used to create web platforms and web apps, designed for flexibility, which enables developers to write code that runs on any machine, whatever the platform or architecture may be. Billions of computers and mobile phones throughout the world run Java.

What is Java Casting?

Casting, a process of creating a variable as a variable to another type. Software and app developers are aware of the rapid pace of industry requirements. Nonetheless, some instruments continue to remain significant even in times of regularly fluctuating trends. Undoubtedly, Java is the best choice nowadays for software programmers and developers for many reasons.
With Java casting, if a class shares an IS-A or an inheritance relationship with another interface or class, the variables could be cast to the type of each other. There are times that the cast is permitted and at times not allowed. This is because some of the cast won’t show any error at compilation time but would fail during runtime.

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