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Wrapper classes in Java

The wrapper class in Java provides the mechanism to convert primitive into object and
object into primitive.

The automatic conversion of primitive into an object is known as autoboxing and vice-versa
unboxing.

There are eight wrapper class corresponding to the primitive types-

Primitive Type Wrapper class(package -> java.lang)

boolean Boolean

char Character

byte Byte

short Short

int Integer

long Long

float Float

double Double

Java Program
package com.woc.wrapper;
public class WrapperAutoboxingAndUnboxingTest {
public static void main(String args[]){

//converting primitive to Object

int num = 10;

Integer x = Integer.valueOf(num);//converting int into Integer explicitly

Integer y = num;//autoboxing, now compiler will write Integer.valueOf(a) internally

//Converting Object to primitive

Integer a = new Integer(20);

int i = a.intValue();//converting Integer to int explicitly

int j = a;//unboxing, now compiler will write a.intValue() internally

}
}

Note that Integer.valueOf(num) likely to yield significantly better space and time performance by caching frequently
requested values. This method will always cache values in the range -128 to 127, inclusive, and may cache other
values outside of this range, hence it is preferable over new Integer(num) which gives always a new instance.