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Update casting table for Painless docs (#40491) 

This updates the casting table to reflect the recent changes for casting consistency in Painless. This also adds a small section on explicitly casting a character to a String which has always been allowed but undocumented.
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Jack Conradson 2019-04-01 10:17:16 -07:00
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@ -338,6 +338,28 @@ Use the cast operator to convert a <<string-type, `String` type>> value into a
explicit cast `String "s"` to `char s` -> `char s`;
store `char s` to `c`
[[character-string-casting]]
==== Character to String Casting
Use the cast operator to convert a <<primitive-types, `char` type>> value into a
<<string-type, `String` type>> value.
*Examples*
* Casting a `String` reference into a `char` type value.
+
[source,Painless]
----
<1> char c = 65;
<2> String s = (String)c;
----
<1> declare `char c`;
store `char 65` to `c`;
<2> declare `String s`
load from `c` -> `char A`;
explicit cast `char A` to `String "A"` -> `String "A"`;
store `String "A"` to `s`
[[boxing-unboxing]]
==== Boxing and Unboxing
@ -464,61 +486,51 @@ based on the type the `def` value represents.
The following tables show all allowed casts. Read the tables row by row, where
the original type is shown in the first column, and each subsequent column
indicates whether a cast to the specified target type is implicit (I), explicit
(E), or is not allowed (-).
indicates whether a cast to the specified target type is implicit (I),
explicit (E), boxed/unboxed for methods only (A), a reference type cast (@),
or is not allowed (-). See <<reference-type-casting, reference type casting>>
for allowed reference type casts.
*Primitive/Reference Types*
[cols="<3,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1"]
[cols="<3,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1"]
|====
| | o | b | s | c | i | j | f | d | O | B | S | C | I | L | F | D | T | R | def
| boolean ( o ) | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I
| byte ( b ) | - | | I | I | I | I | I | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I
| short ( s ) | - | E | | E | I | I | I | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I
| char ( c ) | - | E | E | | I | I | I | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | E | - | I
| int ( i ) | - | E | E | E | | I | I | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I
| long ( j ) | - | E | E | E | E | | I | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I
| float ( f ) | - | E | E | E | E | E | | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I
| double ( d ) | - | E | E | E | E | E | E | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I
| Boolean ( O ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - | - | - | - | - | - | I
| Byte ( B ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I
| Short ( S ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I
| Character ( C ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - | - | - | - | - | - | I
| Integer ( I ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - | - | - | - | - | I
| Long ( L ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - | - | - | - | I
| Float ( F ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - | - | - | I
| Double ( D ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - | - | I
| String ( T ) | - | - | - | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - | I
| Reference ( R ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | @ | I
| | O | N | T | b | y | s | c | i | j | f | d | B | Y | S | C | I | J | F | D | R | def
| Object ( O ) | | @ | @ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | I
| Number ( N ) | I | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | @ | @ | - | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | I
| String ( T ) | I | - | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | E | - | - | - | - | - | I
| boolean ( b ) | A | - | - | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I
| byte ( y ) | A | A | - | - | | I | E | I | I | I | I | - | A | A | - | A | A | A | A | - | I
| short ( s ) | A | A | - | - | E | | E | I | I | I | I | - | - | A | - | A | A | A | A | - | I
| char ( c ) | A | - | E | - | E | E | | I | I | I | I | - | - | - | A | A | A | A | A | - | I
| int ( i ) | A | A | - | - | E | E | E | | I | I | I | - | - | - | - | A | A | A | A | - | I
| long ( j ) | A | A | - | - | E | E | E | E | | I | I | - | - | - | - | - | A | A | A | - | I
| float ( f ) | A | A | - | - | E | E | E | E | E | | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | A | - | I
| double ( d ) | A | A | - | - | E | E | E | E | E | E | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | - | I
| Boolean ( B ) | A | - | - | A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | @ | I
| Byte ( Y ) | A | I | - | - | A | A | - | A | A | A | A | - | | A | - | A | A | A | A | @ | I
| Short ( S ) | A | I | - | - | - | A | - | A | A | A | A | - | - | | - | A | A | A | A | @ | I
| Character ( C ) | A | - | - | - | - | - | A | A | A | A | A | - | - | - | | A | A | A | A | @ | I
| Integer ( I ) | A | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | A | A | A | - | - | - | - | | A | A | A | @ | I
| Long ( J ) | A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | A | A | - | - | - | - | - | | A | A | @ | I
| Float ( F ) | A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | A | - | - | - | - | - | - | | A | @ | I
| Double ( D ) | A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | @ | I
| Reference ( R ) | I | @ | @ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | I
|====
@ See <<reference-type-casting, reference type casting>> for allowed reference
type casts.
*`def` Type*
[cols="<3,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1"]
[cols="<3,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1"]
|====
| | o | b | s | c | i | j | f | d | O | B | S | C | I | L | F | D | T | R | def
| def as boolean | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| def as byte | - | I | I | I | I | I | I | I | - | I | I | I | I | I | I | I | - | - |
| def as short | - | E | I | E | I | I | I | I | - | E | I | E | I | I | I | I | - | - |
| def as char | - | E | E | I | I | I | I | I | - | E | E | I | I | I | I | I | E | - |
| def as int | - | E | E | E | I | I | I | I | - | E | E | E | I | I | I | I | - | - |
| def as long | - | E | E | E | E | I | I | I | - | E | E | E | E | I | I | I | - | - |
| def as float | - | E | E | E | E | E | I | I | - | E | E | E | E | E | I | I | - | - |
| def as double | - | E | E | E | E | E | E | I | - | E | E | E | E | E | E | I | - | - |
| def as Boolean | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I | - | - | - | | - | - | - | - | - |
| def as Byte | - | I | I | I | I | I | I | I | - | I | I | I | I | I | I | I | - | - |
| def as Short | - | E | I | E | I | I | I | I | - | E | I | E | I | I | I | I | - | - |
| def as Character | - | E | E | I | I | I | I | I | - | E | E | I | I | I | I | I | - | - |
| def as Integer | - | E | E | E | I | I | I | I | - | E | E | E | I | I | I | I | - | - |
| def as Long | - | E | E | E | E | I | I | I | - | E | E | E | E | I | I | I | - | - |
| def as Float | - | E | E | E | E | E | I | I | - | E | E | E | E | E | I | I | - | - |
| def as Double | - | E | E | E | E | E | E | I | - | E | E | E | E | E | E | I | - | - |
| def as String | - | - | - | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I | - |
| def as Reference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | @ |
| | O | N | T | b | y | s | c | i | j | f | d | B | Y | S | C | I | J | F | D | R
| def as String | I | - | I | - | - | - | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | E | - | - | - | - | @
| def as boolean/Boolean | I | - | - | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | @
| def as byte/Byte | I | - | - | - | I | I | E | I | I | I | I | - | I | I | E | I | I | I | I | @
| def as short/Short | I | - | - | - | E | I | E | I | I | I | I | - | E | I | E | I | I | I | I | @
| def as char/Character | I | - | - | - | E | E | I | I | I | I | I | - | E | E | I | I | I | I | I | @
| def as int/Integer | I | - | - | - | E | E | E | I | I | I | I | - | E | E | E | I | I | I | I | @
| def as long/Long | I | - | - | - | E | E | E | E | I | I | I | - | E | E | E | E | I | I | I | @
| def as float/Float | I | - | - | - | E | E | E | E | E | I | I | - | E | E | E | E | E | I | I | @
| def as double/Double | I | - | - | - | E | E | E | E | E | E | I | - | E | E | E | E | E | E | I | @
| def as Reference | @ | @ | @ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | @ | @
|====
@ See <<reference-type-casting, reference type casting>> for allowed reference
type casts.