Why do we need casting in Java?

Some people may ask why do you need type casting? well, you need type casting to get access to fields and methods declared on the target type or class . You can not access them with any other type. Let’s see a simple example of type casting in Java with two classes Base and Derived which share the same type hierarchy.

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What is an example of casting in Java?

Example: Converting int to double Here, the Java first converts the int type data into the double type. And then assign it to the double variable. In the case of Widening Type Casting, the lower data type (having smaller size) is converted into the higher data type (having larger size). Hence there is no loss in data.

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