By understanding type conversion, casting, and type promotion, you'll be better equipped to manage data types and handle conversions between them in your Java programs.

10. Type Conversion and Casting Implicit Type Casting / Automatic Conversion Automatic type conversion takes place if the following conditions are met The two types are compatible The destination type ...

I’ll also introduce raw types and discuss the instances when you might choose to use raw types rather than generics, along with the risks of doing so. Generics in Java programming Why use generics?

Why should you use Collections class methods rather than similarly named fields to obtain empty collections? Type safety makes the crucial difference.