diff --git a/castingandothers/pom.xml b/castingandothers/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+    <artifactId>castingandothers</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/castingandothers/src/main/java/com/example/Animal.java b/castingandothers/src/main/java/com/example/Animal.java
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+package com.example;
+
+class Animal{
+    public String name;
+    public void Animal(){
+        this.name = "Something!!!";
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/castingandothers/src/main/java/com/example/Cat.java b/castingandothers/src/main/java/com/example/Cat.java
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+package com.example;
+
+public class Cat extends Animal {
+    public String sound;
+    public void Cat(){
+        this.sound = "MEEEEOW";
+    }
+    public void makesound(){
+        this.sound = "Something like MEEEEOW";
+        System.err.println(sound);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/castingandothers/src/main/java/com/example/Main.java b/castingandothers/src/main/java/com/example/Main.java
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+package com.example;
+
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class Main {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("Hello world!");
+
+        double asd = 3.5423;
+        int castedasd = (int) asd;
+        System.out.println(castedasd);
+        System.out.print("Gimme a letter and Ill tel you the ASCII code! ");
+        Scanner read = new Scanner(System.in);
+        char a = read.next().charAt(0);
+       
+       //your code goes here
+       System.out.println((int)a);
+
+
+        // Upcasting
+        // You can cast an instance of a subclass to its superclass.
+
+        // Consider the following example, assuming that Cat is a subclass of Animal. 
+        Animal C = new Cat();
+
+        Animal B = new Cat();
+        System.out.println(((Cat)B).sound);
+
+        // Anonymous Classes
+        // Anonymous classes are a way to extend the existing classes on the fly.
+
+        // For example, consider having a class Machine:
+        Cat c = new Cat(){
+            @Override public void makesound(){
+                System.err.println("MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO");
+            }
+        };
+
+        c.makesound();
+    }
+}
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