what are upcasting and downcasting?

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what are upcasting and downcasting?..

Answer / arjun kumar

When we cast a reference along the class hierarchy in a
direction from the sub classes towards the root, it is an
upcast.
When we cast a reference along the class hierarchy in a
direction from the root class towards the children or
subclasses, it is downcast.

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what are upcasting and downcasting?..

Answer / aravind

Please find the difference between DownCasting and Upcasting
with the beloe example

Base Class is Shape

public class Shape
{
protected int m_xpos;
protected int m_ypos;
public Shape()
{
}
public Shape(int x, int y)
{
m_xpos = x;
m_ypos = y;
}
}

Circle class which extends Shape class

public class Circle extends Shape
{
public Circle()
{
}
public Circle(int x, int y)
{
}
}

Main Class:

class CastingExample{
public static void main(String[] args) {
Shape s = new Circle(); // Upcasting
Circle c;
c = (Circle)s; // Downcasting explicitly we have to
do,this is unsafe.
}
}

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what are upcasting and downcasting?..

Answer / vikram aditya

When reference variable of super class refers to the object of sub class that mechanism is known as Up-casting.
Ex:
A a=new B();

When reference variable of sub class refers to the object of super class that mechanism is known as Down-casting.
Ex:
B b=(B) a;

//Where A is super class and B is subclass

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what are upcasting and downcasting?..

Answer / malligontla

A super class reference can be converted into a subclass
reference but this subclass reference is not useful to call
the methods of any of the classes. This convention is known
as Downcasting.

We can convert the subclass reference to a superclass
reference without using the cast operation, because compiler
will internally take care of the casting. This is known as
Upcasting.

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what are upcasting and downcasting?..

Answer / amandee[

when we cast reference variable into subclass then
implicitly casting happens means that up casting and vice versa

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