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Placing a primitive variable in an object is known as boxing. Boxing allows the primitive to be used where objects are required.
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Olsson, M. (2018). Boxing and Unboxing. In: Java Quick Syntax Reference. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3441-9_21
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