Why Doesn't Java Allow Casting Boolean -> Int?

Question

I was wondering why Java doesn\'t allow casting from a boolean to an int, like so:

boolean foo = true;
int bar = (int)foo;

This can be done

Answer 1

Because Java is strongly typed, a boolean and an int are two completely different data typesand one can not be casted to the other - it can not be casted, in fact.