Explanation of “ClassCastException” in Java

Question

I read some articles written on \"ClassCastException\", but I couldn\'t get a good idea on that. Is there a good article or what would be a brief explanation?

Answer 1

You are trying to treat an object as an instance of a class that it is not. It's roughly analogous to trying to press the damper pedal on a guitar (pianos have damper pedals, guitars don't).