int does not override Integer in Java

Question

I had a function in Java with method signature

public void myMethod (int someInt, String someString) 

in my abstract class and I had over-

Answer 1

The reason the override doesn't work is because Integerand int are two different things. Integer is an object, whereas int is a primitive type. Java does the implicit typecasting for you. For example:

int myInteger = new Integer(5);

Will create a primitive int type called myInteger with a value of 5. As the Javadoc says,

"The Integer class wraps a value of the primitive type int in an object."