Why aren't Integers cached in Java?

Question

I know there are similar posts on the topic, but they don\'t quite address my question. When you do:

Integer a = 10;
Integer b = 10;
System.out.println(\"a =         


        

Answer 1

It's because you're using the new statement to construct the objetcs.

Integer a = Integer.valueOf(10);
Integer b = Integer.valueOf(10);
System.out.println("a == b: " + (a == b));

That will print out true. Weird, but Java.