Upcasting in java

Upcasting is a type of object typecasting in which a child object is typecasted to a parent class object. By using the Upcasting, we can easily access the variables and methods of the parent class to the child class. Here, we don't access all the variables and the method. We access only some specified variables and methods of the child class. Upcasting is also known as Generalization and Widening.

Upcasting and downcasting in java

A process of converting one data type to another is known as Typecasting and Upcasting and Downcasting is the type of object typecasting. In Java, the object can also be typecasted like the datatypes. Parent and Child objects are two types of objects. So, there are two types of typecasting possible for an object, i.e., Parent to Child and Child to Parent or can say Upcasting and Downcasting.

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