J2SE 5 introduced numerous features to the Java programming language.One of these features is autoboxing and unboxing, a feature that I use almost daily without even thinking about it.It is often ...

I always assumed that when Java introduced primitive type boxing and unboxing, JVM level optimizations to address any Java autoboxing related performance issues were implemented as well. I assumed ...

The Long.parseLong() method returns a long primitive, not a wrapper.; The Long.parseLong() method uses the Long class, which is semantically correct. The Long.parseLong() method does not require ...