Difference between casting and conversion in Java

[nidhivel raja]

Hi all ,
Can anyone please tell me what is the difference between Casting and Conversion in Java?Thank you in advance

[Martijn Verburg]

I found this to be a fairly good explanation.

[Rob Spoor]

With casting, you are not modifying the object. The result of the cast is still the exact same object, just with a difference type of reference pointing to it:

Object o = new Integer(13); // the actual type is Integer, the reference type is Object
Integer i = (Integer)o; // the object hasn't changed a bit, only the reference type (of the variable) is now Integer

With conversion, you are taking the source object and (in most cases) returning a new object based on the old one:

Integer i = new Integer(13);
String s = i.toString(); // converted i into a String - which is a complete new object

[bob david]

type casting , explaining with example :

roseindia.net/java/beginners/...

type conversion :

go4expert.com/forums/showthre...

[Rob Spoor]

Bob, can you please finish that second link? It doesn't point anywhere valid right now, and if I just go to the forum I have to do a search there. I might as well link to our own search.

And moving to beginners.