Description John Arthorne 2003-07-21 17:56:43 EDT

Build: 3.0 M2

Given the following three compilation units:

package p1;
public class A {
	void foo() {
	}
}
---
package p2;
import p1.A;
public class B extends A {
}
---
package p1;
import p2.B;
public class C {
	public void bar() {
		B b = new B();
		((A)b).foo();//warning for necessary cast
	}
}

The new warning for unnecessary casts reports a warning in C on the commented
line.  If the cast is removed, a compile error results (due to visibility
restriction), therefore this cast IS necessary.