package com.ack.learning;
public class TypeCasting {
public static void main( String[] args ) {
// implicit cast
// will allow if the right-hand side (rhs) value is small enough
short smallValue = 45;
// this is not allowed because rhs value is too big for a short
//smallValue = 234251434324324;
// assigning a short to an integer is an implicit cast and
// one the compiler can handle because ints are bigger than shorts
int littleValue = smallValue;
// assigning a integer to short requires an explicit cast because
// shorts are smaller than ints and they would a loss of precision
smallValue = (short) littleValue;
// specify typed literal values using L, F and D
// ( and their lowercase equivalents )
float pay = 42234.45f;
long bigValue = 45243224L;
double amount = 345.45d;
// default literal values
int defaultIsInt = 345;
double defaultIsDouble = 34.5;
}
}