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Integer == Integer?

 
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The following question from John Meyers' test,



My answer is false true true. The answer is false true false? Why the last one is false?
 
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Well henry if you create an Integer using autoboxing (i.e. the syntax Integer.valueOf()), then if the value is in the range of -128 to 127, then the Integer object created will be taken from an Integer pool of objects.

So

Integer i1 = 10;
Integer i2 = 10;

will refer to the same object. This is why i1 == i2 will result in true. But if the value is out of this range, then the new objects will be created every time.

So

Integer i1 = 2000;
Integer i2 = 2000;

will refer to different objects. This is why i1 == i2 this time will result in false.

Also remember that using the new Integer() syntax will always result in a new object no matter whatever the value is.

Also as far as I know, this pooling applies to Byte and Short too.
 
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Thanks for your answer, I did not see this on my SCJP books. I will remember it.

Thanks agian.
 
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For reference, see JLS - 5.1.7...

If the value p being boxed is true, false, a byte, a char in the range \u0000 to \u007f, or an int or short number between -128 and 127, then let r1 and r2 be the results of any two boxing conversions of p. It is always the case that r1 == r2.


Note that this applies only to autoboxing, so be sure to note what Ankit said above: Whenever you create a new instance using "new," you will get a new object.
 
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