what is the real answer?

[Sanket Modi]

i had a question in one mock exam:

Is this legal?
long longArr[];
int intArr[] = { 7 ,8 , 9};
longArr = intArr;

the answer was:
You cannot assign a reference to an array of primitives
to another unless they contain the same primitive types.

but i think in java 5 (tiger) this rule is deprecated. am i right?

[Padmanabh Sahasrabudhe]

I tried this in jdk 1.6 > i got compile error

PrimArray.java:8: incompatible types
found : int[]
required: long[]
longArr = intArr;
^
1 error

[Neha Agarwal]

I tried in jdk1.5 but again I got the compilation error as incomaptible types

[Ben Souther]

"Neha Java",
Please check your private messages.
-Ben

[Ben Souther]

Sanket Modi,

When you post mock questions to the ranch, it is important that you quote the source of the the question.
Questions posted without a source are subject to being deleted.

-Ben

[Jelle Klap]

Any array reference may be assigned to a reference of type Object (class), Serializable (interface) or Cloneable (interface).

An object array reference may be assigned only to another object array reference if and only if the element type of the object array reference you are assigning has an IS-A relationship with the element type of the object array reference you are assigning it to.

A primitive array reference may only be assigned to an other primitive array reference if and only if both references are of the same type.

[ March 12, 2008: Message edited by: Jelle Klap ]