autoboxing

noun

noun

Etymology From auto- + boxing.

Automatic boxing, the implicit conversion of primitive data types to wrapper objects.

Object-oriented programming

Autoboxing and unboxing are typically used for collections of primitives. Autoboxing involves the dynamic allocation of memory and initialization of an object for each primitive.2014, Robert Liguori, Patricia Liguori, Java 8 Pocket Guide, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 28:

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