What is need of object type casting?

Downcasting is necessary to gain access to members specific to subclass . Downcasting is done using cast operator. To downcast an object safely, we need instanceof operator. If the real object doesn’t match the type we downcast to, then ClassCastException will be thrown at runtime.18 May 2021

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What is the type of an object in Java?

Object Data Type: These are also referred to as Non-primitive or Reference Data Type . They are so-called because they refer to any particular objects. Unlike the primitive data types, the non-primitive ones are created by the users in Java. Examples include arrays, strings, classes, interfaces etc.

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