This tech recipe describes going to and from the Java Object wrapper classes.
Wrapper classes do exactly what the name implies: they wrap primitive types (e.g., int, double, etc.) in Objects which can be placed into Vectors, and many other uses.
*Notice that an Object starts with a capital letter, while the primitives all start with a lowercase. Also, notice that Strings are Objects.
These Wrapper classes can be created in many ways, so I will start slowly by simply returning Objects with a String.
Integer from String:
Integer i = Integer.valueOf(“125”);
Double from String:
Double d = Double.valueOf(“5.829754097”);
Float from String:
Float f = Float.valueOf(“8.43543”);
Boolean from String:
Boolen b = Boolean.valueOf(“true”);
//This will represent true
Character from String:
Character c = Character.valueOf(“G”);
The more common use is given the primitive in a variable. This next section shows how to convert a variable to these wrapper classes and back to a primitive.
Integer:
int i = 5;
Integer I = Integer.valueOf(i); //Wrapper
int i2 = I.intValue(); //back to primitive
Float:
float f = 5.5f;
Float F = Float.valueOf(f); //Wrapper
float f2 = F.floatValue(); //back to primitive
Double:
double d = 5.55555;
Double D = Double.valueOf(d); //Wrapper
double d2 = D.doubleValue(); //back to primitive
Boolean:
boolean b = true;
Boolean B = Boolean.valueOf(b); //Wrapper
boolean b2 = B.booleanValue(); //back to primitive
*When dealing with strings, you may also wish to use the following to get primitives from the Object String:
Integer:
int i = Integer.parseInt(“234”);
Double
double d = Double.parseDouble(“234.6576533254”);
Float:
float f = Float.parseFloat(“234.78”);
Long:
long l = Long.parseLong(“23454654”);
*Note: You may wish to add the ().trim feature to these last ones in the case of extra white space around your String, which may cause exceptions.
Example of trim:
String s = ” William “; // displays as ‘ William ‘
String s2 = (s).trim(); //displays ‘William’
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-William. § (marvin_gohan)
