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In [[computer science]], '''boxing''' (a.k.a. wrapping) is the transformation of placing a primitive type within an [[Object (computer science)|object]] so that the value can be used as a [[reference type|reference]]. '''Unboxing''' is the reverse transformation of extracting the primitive value from its wrapper object. '''Autoboxing''' is the term for automatically applying boxing and/or unboxing transformations as needed.
==Boxing==
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