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Explain Upcast

Upcast: It is a cast towards an object's ultimate super type - which is, `up' the inheritance hierarchy towards the Object class, for example:

        // Upcast from VariableController to HeaterController
        VariableController v;
        ...
        HeaterController c = v;

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