Code Style: What Java types are available? (stub article)

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A: There are two main divisions of data types in Java: object and primitive types. Object types are declared according to their class.

Object object = new Object();

Objects can also be cast to a more general superclass or interface type. Java type cast behaviour is part of a general scheme of object substitution called polymorphism, in which an object “behaves like” and can be “treated as” an instance of another type.

// Implicit cast to object type
Object object = new StringBuffer("Example");

// Implicit cast to interface type
Comparable object = new File("c:\Example.txt");

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What Java types are available?

What Java types are available?

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