The Java Language Specification, Third Edition

5.2 Assignment Conversion CONVERSIONS AND PROMOTIONS
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System.out.println("l=0x" + Long.toString(l,16));
f = 1.23f;
double d = f; // widen float to double
System.out.println("d=" + d);
}
}
It produces the following output:
f=12.0
l=0x123
d=1.2300000190734863
The following test, however, produces compile-time errors:
class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
short s = 123;
char c = s; // error: would require cast
s = c; // error: would require cast
}
}
because not all short values are char values, and neither are all char values
short values.
A value of the null type (the null reference is the only such value) may be
assigned to any reference type, resulting in a null reference of that type.
Here is a sample program illustrating assignments of references:
public class Point { int x, y; }
public class Point3D extends Point { int z; }
public interface Colorable {
void setColor(int color);
}
public class ColoredPoint extends Point implements Colorable
{
int color;
public void setColor(int color) { this.color = color; }
}
class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Assignments to variables of class type:
Point p = new Point();
p = new Point3D(); // ok: because Point3D is a
// subclass of Point
DRAFT