Why is int implicitly cast to float rather than double when invoking constructor?
constructor, java
Solution
`ConstructorTest(float param)` is the most specific method out of the two constructors, since a method with a `double` argument can accept any `float` value, but the opposite is not true.
JLS 15.12.2.5:
15.12.2.5. Choosing the Most Specific Method
If more than one member method is both accessible and applicable to a method invocation, it is necessary to choose one to provide the descriptor for the run-time method dispatch. The Java programming language uses the rule that the most specific method is chosen.
The informal intuition is that one method is more specific than another if any invocation handled by the first method could be passed on to the other one without a compile-time type error.
Problem
I wrote this test code ``` public class ConstructorTestApplication { private static String result; public static void main(String[] args) { ConstructorTest test1 = new ConstructorTest(0); System.out.println(result); } private static class ConstructorTest { public ConstructorTest(double param){ result = "double constructor called!"; } public ConstructorTest(float param) { result = "float constructor called!"; } } } ``` The result was ``` float constructor called! ``` Why was the float constructor called rather than the double constructor? Is this part of the dynamic method lookup?