Appendix G. Java Autoboxing and Enumeration

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This appendix describes some basic properties of autoboxing and enumeration, two of the features added to the Java language with the release of Java 5.0. As is true for many language features, there are details and subtleties involved in using these features that are not covered here. For further details, consult Sun's online references or other references for a more comprehensive description.