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The ques is
interface I {String s1 = "I";}
class A implements I {String s1 = "A";}
class B extends A {String s1 = "B";}
class C extends B {
String s1 = "C";
void printIt() {
System.out.print(((A)this).s1 + ((B)this).s1 +
((C)this).s1 + ((I)this).s1);
}
public static void main (String[] args) {
new C().printIt();
}}
The ans is ABCI.
I am a bit lost in the SOP line in the class C. How should I interpret this type cast?
Please advice.
 
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The ((Class)Object).method() syntax is a shortcut for:
Class class = (Class)Object;
class.method();
This allows you to access a member of the class you're casting to in one statement.
The statement:
(Class)Object.method();
says: cast the return value from Object.method() to type Class,
which is entirely different from:
((Class)Object).method();
which says: cast Object to type Class and invoke the method() member.
hth
 
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