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it's polymorphism or a upcasting

 
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Here is the code:



In line "Animal a1 = d;" my understanding is it's a polymorphism, because d is a newly declared dog, and a1 is assigned to be it. But in the guide book, it says this line is an implicit upcasting. What's wrong with my uderstanding?

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Casting and polymorphism are 2 completely different things. That line uses implicit upcasting and polymorphism.
If your unsure what polymorphism is you could read this.
 
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The polymorphism comes in force upon invoking a method on Animal when it's dynamic type is Dog. If the method is overridden in Dog, the Dog's version gets executed, even though the static type is Animal. And this is called Polymorphism.
 
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Learn your dog polymorphish
 
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