Type Casting

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Overview

Type casting is when you assign a value of one primitive data type to another type.In java, there are two types of casting.
a) Widening Casting(Automatical) - converting a smaller data type to a larger data type size byte -> short -> char -> int -> long -> float - > double
b) Narrowing Casting(Manual) - converting a larger dara type to a smaller data type size double -> float -> long -> int -> char