Autoboxing: So I can write: Integer i = 0; instead of: Integer i = new Integer(0);

Question

Autoboxing seems to come down to the fact that I can write:

Integer i = 0; 

instead of:

Integer i = new Integer(0);
         


        

Answer 1

From what I remember from reading Joshua Bloch's Effective Java, you should consider the primitives over their boxed counterparts. Autoboxing without regard for its side effects can produce problems.