The Java Language Specification, Third Edition

in assignment conversion context, 93
in casting conversion context, 101
in method invocation conversion context,
99
specification, 80
kinds of, 80
method invocation, 452
in determining applicability, 442, 446,
447
in method invocations, 99
narrowing
primitive
in assignment conversion context, 94
in casting conversion context, 101
not allowed in method invocation
conversion context, reasons for, 95,
100
reference, in casting conversion context,
101
narrowing primitive, 486, 488
reference
narrowing, 85
widening, 85
string, 101, 497
in assert statements, 375
specification, 87
term definition, 77
unboxing, 37, 41, 78, 93, 95, 99, 101, 108,
110, 372, 375, 379, 381, 382, 385,
486, 488, 490, 492, 500, 503, 506,
507, 508, 509, 510, 512
in conditional expression, 512
in overload resolution, 442
term definition, 88
unchecked, 78, 99, 445, 450
term definition, 89
value set, 92, 486, 488, 489, 500, 503
in assignment conversion, 94
in binary numeric promotion, 110
in casting conversion, 101
in method invocation conversion, 99
in overview, 78
term definition, 92
in unary numeric promotion, 108
value-set, 506
widening, 108
primitive, 93
in assignment conversion context, 93
in binary numeric promotion context,
110
in casting conversion context, 101
in method invocation conversion
context, 99
in unary numeric promotion context,
108
reference, 85, 93
in assignment conversion context, 93
in casting conversion context, 101
in method invocation conversion
context, 99
widening primitive, 108
convertible
to a numeric type, 110, 485, 486, 487, 488,
506
in conditional expression, 511
term definition, 89
to a primitive integral type, 508
to a primitive numeric type, 489, 490, 491,
496, 502, 503
to an integral type, 432
term definition, 89
to numeric type, 506
creation
See also declaration; initialization
array, 45, 289
expression evaluation
example, 433
order, 432
out-of-memory detection, example, 434
instance, 45
expression evaluation order, 428
expressions as statements, 371
invocation of initializers for instance variables
during, 324
method dispatching during, 324
specification and procedure, 322
object, 45
of an enum constant, 250
term definition, 251
D
Danforth, Scott, 333
dangling else
See also control flow
607