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What is Boxing and Unboxing? - .Net
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Boxing
Value Types are stored on the stack and Reference types are stored on the heap. The conversion of value type to reference type is known as boxing.
Example:
int i = 123;
object o = (object)i; // boxing
Unboxing
The conversion of reference type back to the value type is known as unboxing.
Example:
o = 123;
i = (int)o; // unboxing |
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By Nithya, On - 2010-01-30 |
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