http://bytebuddy.net/byte-buddy-dep: Byte Buddy is a Java library for creating Java classes at run time. This artifact is a build of Byte Buddy with a remaining dependency onto ASM. You should never depend on this module without repackaging Byte Buddy and ASM into your own namespace. 
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 * Copyright 2014 - 2019 Rafael Winterhalter
 *
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package net.bytebuddy.implementation.bytecode.assign.reference;

import net.bytebuddy.description.type.TypeDescription;
import net.bytebuddy.implementation.bytecode.StackManipulation;
import net.bytebuddy.implementation.bytecode.assign.Assigner;
import net.bytebuddy.implementation.bytecode.assign.TypeCasting;


A simple assigner that is capable of handling the casting of reference types. Primitives can only be assigned to
each other if they represent the same type.

/**
 * A simple assigner that is capable of handling the casting of reference types. Primitives can only be assigned to
 * each other if they represent the same type.
 */
public enum ReferenceTypeAwareAssigner implements Assigner {

    
The singleton instance.

/**
     * The singleton instance.
     */
    INSTANCE;

    
{@inheritDoc}

/**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public StackManipulation assign(TypeDescription.Generic source, TypeDescription.Generic target, Typing typing) {
        if (source.isPrimitive() || target.isPrimitive()) {
            return source.equals(target)
                    ? StackManipulation.Trivial.INSTANCE
                    : StackManipulation.Illegal.INSTANCE;

        } else if (source.asErasure().isAssignableTo(target.asErasure())) {
            return StackManipulation.Trivial.INSTANCE;
        } else if (typing.isDynamic()) {
            return TypeCasting.to(target);
        } else {
            return StackManipulation.Illegal.INSTANCE;
        }
    }
}