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casting
subject			fact

casting	has definition The process of producing a new value that has a different type than its source
	has example (String)i.next()
	has purpose to convert an instance of one data type into another which is a subclass of the original type
	is a subtopic of Objects
	is a kind of mechanism

Kinds of casting :

• casting a primitive type (8 facts)
• casting an object (7 facts)