Top "Autoboxing" questions

Boxing is the process of using an object to wrap a primitive value so that it can be used as a reference object; extracting a previously-boxed primitive is called unboxing.

Correct way of converting String to Long in Java

What is the most preferred way of converting a String to Long (the Object) in Java. Long a = new Long(…

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Java autoboxing rules

I am a java novice and so confused by the following example. Is it okay to think that "==" sign will …

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What is the difference between autoboxing and coercion?

I program in Java, C and Python. The rule for automatic coercions among arithmetic types have been augmented to handle …

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How does the Java Boolean wrapper class get instantiated?

In java, I can write code like this Boolean b = true ; And it will work. I now have an object …

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Null values of Strings and Integers in Java

public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { String s = null; String s1 = null; Integer i = null; Integer i1 = …

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Java Iterator for primitive types

I have a Java class of the following form: class Example { private byte[][] data; public Example(int s) { data = new …

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Why can the as operator be used with Nullable<T>?

According to the documentation of the as operator, as "is used to perform certain types of conversions between compatible reference …

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NullPointerException with autoboxing in ternary expression

Run the following Java code: boolean b = false; Double d1 = 0d; Double d2 = null; Double d = b ? d1.doubleValue() : d2; …

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