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Wrapper classes provide a way to use primitive data types (int, boolean, etc..) as objects
Wrapper classes provide a way to use primitive data types (int
, boolean
,
etc..) as objects.
The table below shows the primitive type and the equivalent wrapper class:
Primitive Data Type | Wrapper Class |
---|---|
byte | Byte |
short | Short |
int | Integer |
long | Long |
float | Float |
double | Double |
boolean | Boolean |
char | Character |
Sometimes you must use wrapper classes, for example when working with Collection objects, such
as ArrayList
, where primitive types cannot be
used (the list can only store objects):
ArrayList<int> myNumbers = new ArrayList<int>(); // Invalid
ArrayList<Integer> myNumbers = new ArrayList<Integer>(); // Valid
To create a wrapper object, use the wrapper class instead of the primitive type. To get the value, you can just print the object:
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Integer myInt = 5;
Double myDouble = 5.99;
Character myChar = 'A';
System.out.println(myInt);
System.out.println(myDouble);
System.out.println(myChar);
}
}
Since you're now working with objects, you can use certain methods to get information about the specific object.
For example, the following methods are used to get the value associated with
the corresponding wrapper object: intValue()
, byteValue()
, shortValue()
, longValue()
,
floatValue()
, doubleValue()
, charValue()
,
booleanValue()
.
This example will output the same result as the example above:
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Integer myInt = 5;
Double myDouble = 5.99;
Character myChar = 'A';
System.out.println(myInt.intValue());
System.out.println(myDouble.doubleValue());
System.out.println(myChar.charValue());
}
}
Another useful method is the toString()
method, which is used to convert wrapper objects to strings.
In the following example, we convert an Integer
to a String
, and use the length()
method of the String
class to output the length of the "string":
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Integer myInt = 100;
String myString = myInt.toString();
System.out.println(myString.length());
}
}