Why doesn't Java autoboxing extend to method invocations of methods of the autoboxed types?

Question

I want to convert a primitive to a string, and I tried:

myInt.toString();

This fails with the error:

int cannot be derefere         


        

Answer 1

Ditto on what Justin said, but you should do this instead:

Integer.toString(myInt);

It saves an allocation or two and is more readable.