difference between valueOf() and parseXXX()

[Saumyajit Goswami]

what is the difference between
Integer i5=Integer.parseInt("1010100",2); and int i5=Integer.parseInt("1010100",2);

also
int i4=Integer.valueOf("101011",2); and Integer i4=Integer.valueOf("101011",2);
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if parseXxx() returns the primitive type and valueOf() returns a wrapper object reference of the type then why this is compiling without any error?

public class WrapDemo{
public static void main(String[] args){

takeVal(Double.valueOf("4"));
takeVal(Double.parseDouble("4"));
}
static void takeVal(Double d){

System.out.println("It is an object");
}
}
if parseDouble returns only a primitive value then why takeVal() method takes the argument of type primitive instead of a Double object?

[Himai Minh]

Integer.parseInt() returns an int.

With autoboxing,

   Integer i5 = Integer.parseInt(...);

The integer is returned and boxed as the Integer object.

Double.parseDouble("4'") returns a double. But when it is passed to takVal(Double d), the double is auto boxed.

For more details about auto boxing, refers to KB's study guide.

[Saumyajit Goswami]

@Himai thanks a lot.now I can understand it...

[Nikhil Sagar]

Im addition to Himani's post-
auto-boxing introduced in java 5.
So, if you want a compile time error then compile it with prior to java 5.