Question

What is the type conversion operator ( ) in Java and how to use it?

Answer 1

   In Java, there are two kinds of data types – primitives and references.  Primitives include int, float, long, double etc. References can be of type classes, interfaces, arrays.

   A value can change its type either implicitly or explicitly.

Implicit and Explicit changes:

There are situations in which the system itself changes the type of an expression implicitly based on some requirement.