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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sven_K=F6hler?= <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Autoboxing and Performance ?
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:56:48 +0300
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Am 21.08.2013 08:27, schrieb Sebastian:
> What do you think? Is simply wanting to have a "null" value a valid
> reason for using Integer instead of int?

If you just store the value like that, that is probably just fine.
However, if I see your program actually working with that nullable int
and thus unboxing/reboxing it over and over again, then that should
probably be criticized if the code path is performance critical.
Also, it is a fact that having hundreds and thousands of Integer objects
take probably 4 times more space than having the same number of ints.

I guess, I'd rather not like to settle on a general yes/no - it depends.


Regards,
  Sven