Conversion vs cast

From: Razvan (mihai11_at_mailcity.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: 30 Sep 2004 07:08:44 -0700

Hi !

        boolean bb = true;

        This code is OK:

        String ii = "" + bb;

        and this one fails to compile:

        String ii = "" + (String) bb;

        Isn't the first version just casting the bb to String ?

Regards,
Razvan