Primitive wrapper class
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A primitive wrapper class in the Java programming language is one of eight classes provided in the Template:Javadoc:SE package to provide object methods for the eight primitive types. All of the primitive wrapper classes in Java are immutable. J2SE 5.0 introduced autoboxing of primitive types into their wrapper object, and automatic unboxing of the wrapper objects into their primitive value—the implicit conversion between the wrapper objects and primitive values.
Wrapper classes are used to represent primitive values when an Template:Javadoc:SE is required. The wrapper classes are used extensively with Template:Javadoc:SE classes in the Template:Javadoc:SE package and with the classes in the Template:Javadoc:SE reflection package.
The primitive wrapper classes and their corresponding primitive types are:
Primitive type Wrapper class Constructor Arguments byteTemplate:Javadoc:SE byteorStringshortTemplate:Javadoc:SE shortorStringintTemplate:Javadoc:SE intorStringlongTemplate:Javadoc:SE longorStringfloatTemplate:Javadoc:SE float,doubleorStringdoubleTemplate:Javadoc:SE doubleorStringcharTemplate:Javadoc:SE charbooleanTemplate:Javadoc:SE booleanorString
The Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, and Double wrapper classes are all subclasses of the Template:Javadoc:SE class.
[edit] Void
Although it is not a wrapper class, the Template:Javadoc:SE class is similar in that it provides an object representation of the void return type. The Void class is an uninstantiable placeholder class used by the Template:Javadoc:SE API to hold a reference to the Template:Javadoc:SE object representing the Java keyword void..
[edit] Atomic wrapper classes
With Java 5.0, additional wrapper classes were introduced in the Template:Javadoc:SE package. These classes are mutable and cannot be used as a replacement for the regular wrapper classes. Instead, they provide atomic operations for addition, increment and assignment.
The atomic wrapper classes and their corresponding types are:
Primitive type Wrapper class intTemplate:Javadoc:SE longTemplate:Javadoc:SE booleanTemplate:Javadoc:SE VTemplate:Javadoc:SE
The AtomicInteger and AtomicLong classes are subclasses of the Number class. The AtomicReference class accepts the type parameter V that specifies the type of the object reference. (See "Generics in Java" for a description of type parameters in Java).