Java Type Casting or Type Conversion

Type casting is when you assign a value of one primitive data type to another type.

In Java, there are two types of casting:

Widening Casting (automatically) – converting a smaller type to a larger type size
byte -> short -> char -> int -> long -> float -> double

Narrowing Casting (manually) – converting a larger type to a smaller size type
double -> float -> long -> int -> char -> short -> byte

class HelloWorld
{
   public static void main(String args[])
   {
       int myInt = 9;
       double myDouble = myInt; // Automatic casting: int to double

       System.out.println(myInt);      // Outputs 9
       System.out.println(myDouble);   // Outputs 9.0
       
       double myDouble = 9.78;
       int myInt = (int) myDouble; // Manual casting: double to int

       System.out.println(myDouble);   // Outputs 9.78
       System.out.println(myInt);      // Outputs 9
   }
}
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