Sunday, 11 September 2016

Wrapper classes

Date:  july-03-2016

Wrapper classes:-
Collection is an object, it able to store a group of other objects.
In java applications, collection objects are not storing primitive data directly., collection object is able to store the object reference values.
If we want to store primitive data in collection object, first, we have to convert data from primitive type to object type then we have to store the generated object in collection object.
In the above context, if we want to get primitive data from collection object, first, we have to get data in the form of object then, we have to convert data from object type to primitive type.
Conclusion:-   
In the above two situations, to convert data from primitive type to object type and to  convert data from object type to primitive type, we have to use a set of predefined classes called as “Wrapper classes”.


















Java has provide the following list of wrapper classes with respect to the 8 number of primitive data types.

Primitive Data Types
Wrapper classes
byte
java.lang.Byte
short
java.lang.Short
int
java.lang.Integer
long
java.lang.Long
float
java.lang.Float
double
java.lang.Double
char
java.lang.Character
boolean
java.lang.Boolean


Note:-
All wrapper class objects are immutable objects, they will not allow modifications on their content, if we trying to perform modifications over wrapper class object context then data is allowed for operations, but, the respective data will not be stored back in original object, the resultant data will be store by creating new object.
1.       Conversion from primitive data type to object type:-
a.       By using parameterized constructors.
public XXX(xxx value)
xxx---->byte, short, int,.....
XXX---->Wrapper classes.

Ex :-

class Test
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                        int i=10;
                        Integer in=new Integer(i);
                        System.out.println(i+" "+in);
        }
}

Output:-
10 10

b.      By using valueOf() method:-

public static XXX valueOf(xxx val)
xxx--->byte,short,int,....
XXX---->Wrapper classes

Ex code:-
class Test
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                        int i=10;
                        Integer in=Integer.valueOf(i);
                        System.out.println(i+" "+in);
        }
}
     
   Output:-
    10 10

c.       By using Auto-Boxing mechanism:- 
Auto-Boxing mechanism by JDK5.0 version, in this approach to convert data from primitive type to object type no need to use any predefined method and constructors.  Simply, we have to assign primitive variable to the respective wrapper class reference variable.

Ex code:-

class Test
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                        int i=10;
                        Integer in=i;
                        System.out.println(i+" "+in);
        }
}

   Output:-
    10 10

2.       Conversion from object type to Primitive type:-
a.       By using xxxValue() method from wrapper classes:-

public xxx xxxValue()
xxx--->byte,short,....

Ex code:-

class Test
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                        Integer in=new Integer(10);
                        int i=in.intValue();
                        System.out.println in+" "+i);
        }
}

   Output:-
    10 10

b.      By using auto unboxing mechanism:-
To conversion data from object type to primitive type, if we use auto-unboxing mechanism then it is not required to use any predefined library, simply, we have to assign wrapper class reference variable to the respective primitive variable. 

Note:-
Auto-Unboxing feature was provided by JAVA along with its JDK 5.0 Version.

Ex code:-

class Test
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                        Integer in=new Integer(10);
                        int i=in;
                        System.out.println(in+" "+i);
        }
}

   Output:-
    10 10

3.       Conversion from String type to Object type:-
a.       By using String parameterized constructor:-

public XXX(String data)
XXX --->Wrapper classes.

Ex code:-
class Test
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                        String data="10";
                        Integer in=new Integer(data);
                        System.out.println(data+" "+in);
        }
}

Output:-
    10 10

b.      By using static valueOf(-)method:-

public static XXX valueOf(String data)
XXX --->Wrapper classes.

Ex code:-

class Test
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                        String data="10";
                        Integer in=Integer.valueOf(data);
                        System.out.println(data+" "+in);
        }
}

Output:-
    10 10

4.       Conversion from Object type to String type:-
a.       By using toString() method:-

public String toString()

Ex code:-

class Test
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                        Integer in=new Integer(10);
                        String data=in.toString();
                        System.out.println(in+" "+data);
        }
}

Output:-
    10 10

b.      By using ‘+’ concatenation operator:-
In java applications, if we concatenate any reference variable with “ ” then JVM will access toString() method internally and JVM will appends the return value of toString() to “”.

Ex code:-

class Test
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                        Integer in=new Integer(10);
                        String data=""+in;
                        System.out.println(in+" "+data);
        }
}

Output:-
10 10

5.       Conversion from primitive type to String type:-
a.       By using static toString() method from all the Wrapper classes:-

public static String toString(xxx value)
xxx--->byte, short, int, ....

Ex code:-

class Test
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                        int i=10;
                        String data=Integer.toString(i);
                        System.out.println(i+" "+data);
        }
}

Output:-
10 10


b.      By using ‘+’ concatenation operator :-
In java applications, if we concatenate any primitive variable to “  “ by using ‘+’ operator then the primitive variable data will be converted to String type.

Ex code:-

class Test
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                        int i=10;
                        String data=""+i;
                        System.out.println(i+" "+data);
        }
}

Output:-
10 10

6.       Conversion from String type to Primitive type:-
a.       To convert data from String type to primitive type then we have to use the following method.

public static xxx parseXXX(String data)
xxx--->byte, short, ....

Ex code:-

class Test
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                        String data="10";
                        int i=Integer.parseInt(data);
                        System.out.println(data+" "+i);
        }
}

Output:-
10 10







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