Does casting create new object?

Question

I am quite unsure here:

Image i=some image...

Bitmap B=(Bitmap)i;

The B now points to the same object as i. I am confused...I would say th

Answer 1

when you create a new object using new Obj(); a new object is created. When you cast that object to another object type, the object remains unchanged, only the runtime will work with the object as being of a different type.

You can cast a list to IEnumerable and work as of that point with the same list object as being of type IEnumerable.

This only works if - the object you want to cast to is a base class of the object to be casted. - the object to be casted implements the interface to be cast to. - the object provides a specific cast to the resulting type. (using explicit operator).