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Getting the Values Out

Java knows how to print wrapper objects, so the easiest way to extract a value is just to print the object:

Integer i = new Integer (17);
Double d = new Double (3.14159);
System.out.println (i);
System.out.println (d);

Alternatively, you can use the toString method to convert the contents of the wrapper object to a String

String istring = i.toString();
String dstring = d.toString();

Finally, if you just want to extract the primitive value from the object, there is an object method in each wrapper class that does the job:

int iprim = i.intValue ();
double dprim = d.doubleValue ();

There are also methods for converting wrapper objects into different primitive types. You should check out the documentation for each wrapper class to see what is available.

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Last Update: 2011-01-24