Day10 : Wrapper Class
Wrapper Class In java corresponding to 8 primitive datatype their is a set of 8 special classes. These classes have their names resembling with the names of the datatype and the database and collectively all 8 of them are called as wrapper classes. All these wrapper class are available in the package "java.lang" and following are their names. Integer Byte Short Long Float Double Character Boolean What is the use of wrapper class in java? Wrapper classes are use by programmer for two purposes : (1) We use them for converting string representation of the value to its original primitive form. For Example : To convert "25" to 25. We use the parseInt() belonging to wrapper class integer as shown below: int a; a = Integer.parseInt("25"); Likewise we've other parseXXX() method belonging to their respective wrapper classes. (2) Programmer also use wrapper class for converting a variable of primitive datatype into corresponding object. For Example :