ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Autoboxing

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Autoboxing is a noun meaning (object-oriented programming) Automatic boxing, the implicit conversion of primitive data types to wrapper objects.

Meaning

(object-oriented programming) Automatic boxing, the implicit conversion of primitive data types to wrapper objects.

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include boxing, unboxing, overloading, composition, mapping, polymorphism.

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