autoboxing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From auto- + boxing.
Meanings
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(qualifier:object-oriented programming, uncountable) Automatic boxing, the implicit conversion of primitive data types to wrapper objects.
Autoboxing and unboxing are typically used for collections of primitives. Autoboxing involves the dynamic allocation of memory and initialization of an object for each primitive.
2014, Robert Liguori, Patricia Liguori, Java 8 Pocket Guide, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 28:
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fi automaattinen kuorrutus (automatic boxing) · fr autoboxing (automatic boxing)