Casting is a way of telling the compiler “Object X is really Type Y, go ahead and treat it as such.”
Conversion is saying “I know Object X isn’t Type Y, but there exists a way of creating a new Object from X of Type Y, go ahead and do it.”
Casting is a way of telling the compiler “Object X is really Type Y, go ahead and treat it as such.”
Conversion is saying “I know Object X isn’t Type Y, but there exists a way of creating a new Object from X of Type Y, go ahead and do it.”