instanceof and casts

[Anna Dow]

Hi, all,
here is my question:
It looks that if

 instanceof 

returned true, then the cast is always possible.
(That is, the code like:

(if x instanceof SomeClass){
           SomeClass b = (SomeClass)x;
       }

will never give a ClassCastException.) Is it true ?
Thanks, Anna

[Gautam Sewani]

Yeah thats true.
But the code which you gave wont compile
coz you didn't use the if statement properly

  
(if x instanceof SomeClass)

should be made

  
if(x instanceof SomeClass)

Regards
Gautam