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Basics of Java OOPs Concepts String Handling Exception Handling Nested Classes Multithreading Synchronization I/O Serialization Networking AWT Event Handling Swing LayoutManager Applet Reflection API Collection JDBC Java New Features Assertion For-each loop Varargs Static Import Autoboxing and Unboxing Enum Type Annotation RMI Internationalization The automatic conversion of primitive data types into its equivalent Wrapper type is known as boxing and opposite operation is known as unboxing. This is the new feature of Java5. So java programmer doesn't need to write the conversion code.

Autoboxing and Unboxing:

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Advantage of Autoboxing and Unboxing:

No need of conversion between primitives and Wrappers manually so less coding is required.

Simple Example of Autoboxing in java:

Output:50 5

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Simple Example of Unboxing in java:

The automatic conversion of wrapper class type into corresponding primitive type, is known as Unboxing. Let's see the example of unboxing:

Output:50

Autoboxing and Unboxing with comparison operators

Autoboxing can be performed with comparison operators. Let's see the example of boxing with comparison operator:

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Output:50

Autoboxing and Unboxing with method overloading

In method overloading, boxing and unboxing can be performed. There are some rules for method overloading with boxing: Widening beats boxing Widening beats varargs Boxing beats varargs

1) Example of Autoboxing where widening beats boxing

If there is possibility of widening and boxing, widening beats boxing.

Output:int

2) Example of Autoboxing where widening beats varargs

If there is possibility of widening and varargs, widening beats var-args.

Output:int int

3) Example of Autoboxing where boxing beats varargs

Let's see the program where boxing beats variable argument:

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Output:Integer

Method overloading with Widening and Boxing

Widening and Boxing can't be performed as given below:

Output:Compile Time Error

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