What will be the result of compilation and execution of the following code?

public class Test {
    static void methodA(Long l) {
        System.out.println(l);
    }
    
    static void methodB(Object o) {
        Byte b = (Byte) o;
        System.out.println(b);
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        byte b = 5;
        
        methodA(b);  // 1
        methodB(b);  // 2
    }
}
Explanation
The compiler does not apply widening + autoboxing when calling a method, but it can apply them in reversed order.
For methodB only boxing has to be applied because Byte is an Object.

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