What is the meaning of "Primitive widening uses the smallest method argument possible"???

[Gaurangkumar Khalasi]

Can anyone elaborate this sentence with some explanation???

[gurpeet singh]

consider following snippet of code


public void guru(long a , long b){}

public void guru(int a , int b) {}


Now consider following method call

byte a=9;
byte b = 8;
guru(a,b);

here we are calling guru method with 2 bytes. now which one will be invoked ? the answer lies in your question. the method with the smallest argument than the parameters are selected. in this case guru(int a, int b) will be selected.

[Gaurangkumar Khalasi]

Thank You..