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Vassilis De
Vassilis De

Reputation: 373

Possible lossy conversion from int to byte error in byte methods

I have a byte variable

byte A;

and the setters-getters methods

    public void setA(byte A) throws NumberBelowEqualZeroException{
        if(A > 0)
            this.hoursPerWeek = hoursPerWeek;
        throw new NumberBelowEqualZeroException();
    }

    public byte getWorkingHoursPerWeek(){
        return hoursPerWeek;
    }

when I try to set the variable in main

AClass.setA(0);

NetBeans complains with the message incompatible types. Possibly lossy conversion from int to byte. None of the above are int. I cannot understand what is going on. Should I convert byte type like byte A = new Byte(A)? Thank you for your help.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1949

Answers (1)

morgano
morgano

Reputation: 17422

Now try

AClass.setA((byte)0)

It complains because constant 0 is an int

Upvotes: 3

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