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Questions about casting

 
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public class SuperClass{
class SubClassA extends SuperClass{}
class SubClassB extends SuperClass{}
public void test(SubClassA foo){
SuperClass bar=foo;
}
}
which statement is true about the assignment in line 5?
A. The assignment in line 5 is illegal
B. The assignment in line 5 is legal, but throw a ClassCastException
C. legal and will always executes without throw an Exception
Which answer is correct?
Who can explain and give an example to run this code?
Thanks a lot
[ February 17, 2003: Message edited by: frank yang ]
 
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I believe that the correct answer is C. See 5.1.4 Widening Reference Conversions
where S is short for source (here SuperClass bar)and T is short for target (here SubClassA foo).
[ February 17, 2003: Message edited by: Dan Culache ]
 
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PS. What do you mean by "..give an example to run this code?"
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