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

Adding to Lim's comment, primitives are stored on the stack, and primitive-wrappers, as objects, are stored on the heap... There are subtle implications due to this.