Classes of Wrapping in Java (Wrapper classes)

By Darío Rivera

Posted On 2023-06-20 in Java

Wrapper classes, also known as wrapping classes, are classes that represent a primitive data type. That is, they are a type of reference that wraps a primitive type. Each primitive data type has a corresponding reference type that wraps it. Let's take a look at the following table.

Data type	Wrapper class
byte	Byte
short	Short
int	Integer
long	Long
float	Float
double	Double
boolean	Boolean
char	Character

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