Java.lang.Integer cannot be passed to java.lang.Long in Kotlin (when the initial value is null)

Question

If I have the following, it works (i.e. the number gets assigned 1000)

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    var number: Long ? = null // or number = 0
    val simpleObject = SimpleClass()
    number = 1000
    println("Hi + $number")
}

If I have the following, it works (i.e. the number gets assigned 1000)

import java.util.*

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    var number: Long = 0
    val simpleObject = SimpleClass()
    number = simpleObject.getValue<Long>()
    println("Hi + $number")
}

class SimpleClass() {
    fun <T>getValue(): T {
        return 1000 as T
    }
}

But if I have below, it fails

import java.util.*

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    var number: Long? = null
    val simpleObject = SimpleClass()
    number = simpleObject.getValue<Long>()
    println("Hi + $number")
}

class SimpleClass() {
    fun <T>getValue(): T {
        return 1000 as T
    }
}

Reported error in line number = simpleObject.getValue<Long>()

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Integer cannot be cast to java.lang.Long 

Why initialization var number: Long ? = nulland var number: Long = 0have a different result? Is something wrong with me?

UPDATED

Workaround using below, result is ok. But an additional temporary variable is used.

import java.util.*

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    var number: Long? = null
    val simpleObject = SimpleClass()
    val temp = simpleObject.getValue<Long>()
    number = temp
    println("Hi + $number")
}

class SimpleClass() {
    fun <T>getValue(): T {
        return 1000 as T
    }
}

Answer 1

Let's look at the generated bytecode:

fun <T> getValue(): T {
    return 1000 as T
}

// becomes

public final getValue()Ljava/lang/Object;
   L0
    LINENUMBER 17 L0
    SIPUSH 1000
    INVOKESTATIC java/lang/Integer.valueOf (I)Ljava/lang/Integer;
    CHECKCAST java/lang/Object
    ARETURN
   L1
    LOCALVARIABLE this LSimpleClass; L0 L1 0
    MAXSTACK = 1
    MAXLOCALS = 1

, 1000 Long, , java/lang/Object (, ) 1000 Integer.

( : ) , . , ClassCastException

fun f3() {
    val simpleObject = SimpleClass()
    // L0
    //   LINENUMBER 16 L0
    //   NEW SimpleClass
    //   DUP
    //   INVOKESPECIAL SimpleClass.<init> ()V
    //   ASTORE 0

    simpleObject.getValue<SimpleClass>() // no problems
    // L1
    //   LINENUMBER 17 L1
    //   ALOAD 0
    //   INVOKEVIRTUAL SimpleClass.getValue ()Ljava/lang/Object;
    //   POP

    val number = simpleObject.getValue<SimpleClass>() // throws ClassCastException1
    // L2
    //   LINENUMBER 18 L2
    //   ALOAD 0
    //   INVOKEVIRTUAL SimpleClass.getValue ()Ljava/lang/Object;
    //   CHECKCAST SimpleClass
    //   ASTORE 1


    // L3
    //   LINENUMBER 19 L3
    //   RETURN
    // L4
    //   LOCALVARIABLE number LSimpleClass; L3 L4 1
    //   LOCALVARIABLE simpleObject LSimpleClass; L1 L4 0
    //   MAXSTACK = 2
    //   MAXLOCALS = 2
}

Long? ? , -:

var number: Long? = null              |    var number: Long = 0
                                      |
      ACONST_NULL                     |        LCONST_0
      CHECKCAST java/lang/Long        |        LSTORE 0                
      ASTORE 0                        |

                number = simpleObject.getValue<Long>() [both]

      ALOAD 1                         |
              INVOKEVIRTUAL SimpleClass.getValue ()Ljava/lang/Object; [both]
      CHECKCAST java/lang/Long        |        CHECKCAST java/lang/Number
      ASTORE 0                        |        INVOKEVIRTUAL java/lang/Number.longValue ()J
                                      |        LSTORE 0

, - number: Long Number, Number.longValue, Long (Long Java)

- number: Long? Long? (Long Java), ClassCastException.

, - . , as , :

Warning:(21, 16) Kotlin: Unchecked cast: kotlin.Int to T

Answer 2

return 1000 as T

- , . Integer, , T. , T Integer. .

, , , , StringBuilder:

var number: StringBuilder? = null
val simpleObject = SimpleClass()
number = simpleObject.getValue<StringBuilder>()

, : , StringBuilder, 1000.