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+package com.baeldung.primitiveconversions;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author paulo.motta
+ */
+public class PrimitiveConversionsJUnitTest {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenDataWithLessBits_whenAttributingToLargerSizeVariable_thenNoSpecialNotation() {
+        int myInt = 127;
+        
+        long myLong = myInt;
+        assertEquals(127L, myLong);
+        
+        float myFloat = myLong;
+        assertEquals(127.0f, myFloat, 0.00001f);
+        
+        double myDouble = myLong;
+        assertEquals(127.0, myDouble,0.00001);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenDataWithMoreBits_whenAttributingToSmallerSizeVariable_thenCastOperatorNeeded() {
+        
+        long myLong = 127L;
+        double myDouble = 127.0;
+        
+        float myFloat = (float) myDouble;
+        assertEquals(127.0f, myFloat, 0.00001f);
+        
+        int myInt = (int) myLong;
+        assertEquals(127, myInt);
+        
+        byte myByte = (byte) myInt;
+        assertEquals( ((byte)127), myByte);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenPrimitiveData_whenAssiginingToWrapper_thenAutomaticBoxingHappens(){
+        int myInt = 127;
+        
+        Integer myIntegerReference = myInt;
+        assertEquals(new Integer("127"), myIntegerReference);
+        
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenWrapperObjectData_whenAssiginingToPrimitive_thenAutomaticUnboxingHappens(){
+        Integer myIntegerReference = new Integer("127");
+        
+        int myOtherInt = myIntegerReference;
+        assertEquals(127, myOtherInt);
+        
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenByteValue_whenConvertingToChar_thenWidenAndNarrowTakesPlace(){
+        byte myLargeValueByte = (byte) 130;   //0b10000010
+        System.out.println(myLargeValueByte); //0b10000010 -126
+        assertEquals( -126, myLargeValueByte);
+        
+        int myLargeValueInt = myLargeValueByte;
+        System.out.println(myLargeValueInt); //0b11111111 11111111 11111111 10000010 -126
+        assertEquals( -126, myLargeValueInt);
+        
+        char myLargeValueChar = (char) myLargeValueByte;
+        System.out.println(myLargeValueChar);//0b11111111 10000010 unsigned 0xFF82
+        assertEquals(0xFF82, myLargeValueChar);
+        
+        myLargeValueInt = myLargeValueChar;
+        System.out.println(myLargeValueInt); //0b11111111 10000010  65410
+        assertEquals(65410, myLargeValueInt);
+        
+        byte myOtherByte = (byte) myLargeValueInt;
+        System.out.println(myOtherByte); //0b10000010 -126
+        assertEquals( -126, myOtherByte);
+        
+        
+        char myLargeValueChar2 = 130; //This is an int not a byte!
+        System.out.println(myLargeValueChar2);//0b00000000 10000010 unsigned 0x0082
+        assertEquals(0x0082, myLargeValueChar2);
+        
+        int myLargeValueInt2 = myLargeValueChar2;
+        System.out.println(myLargeValueInt2); //0b00000000 10000010  130
+        assertEquals(130, myLargeValueInt2);
+        
+        byte myOtherByte2 = (byte) myLargeValueInt2;
+        System.out.println(myOtherByte2); //0b10000010 -126
+        assertEquals( -126, myOtherByte2);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_whenParsingWithWrappers_thenValuesAreReturned(){
+        String myString = "127";
+        
+        byte  myNewByte   = Byte.parseByte(myString);
+        assertEquals( ((byte)127), myNewByte);
+        
+        short myNewShort  = Short.parseShort(myString);
+        assertEquals( ((short)127), myNewShort);
+        
+        int   myNewInt    = Integer.parseInt(myString);
+        assertEquals( 127, myNewInt);
+        
+        long  myNewLong   = Long.parseLong(myString);
+        assertEquals( 127L, myNewLong);
+        
+        float  myNewFloat  = Float.parseFloat(myString);
+        assertEquals( 127.0f, myNewFloat, 0.00001f);
+        
+        double myNewDouble = Double.parseDouble(myString);
+        assertEquals( 127.0, myNewDouble, 0.00001f);
+        
+        boolean myNewBoolean = Boolean.parseBoolean(myString);
+        assertEquals( false, myNewBoolean); //numbers are not true!
+        
+        char myNewChar = myString.charAt(0);
+        assertEquals( 49, myNewChar); //the value of '1'
+    }
+    
+}