Any type casting done by javac?

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To my understanding, if type checking can be done during compilation, the type casting will be done during compilation and will not incur any runtime overhead.

For example

public Child getChild() {
  Parent o = new Child();
  return (Child) o;
}

Is the type casting done during compilation or during runtime?

And is there any general rule to decide if a type casting is done by javac compiler or by the VM?

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