Boxing and Unboxing Concept

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Hi, What is concept of Boxing and Unboxing ?

Vulpes · Answer

Notice that boxing also occurs when you assign a value type which implements an interface to a variable of the interface type. For example: void SomeMethod() { int i = 3; // stored on stack IConvertible ic = i; // boxed on heap int j = (int)ic; // unboxed and copied back to stack Console.WriteLine(j); // 3 } Boxing occurs because variables of interface types must always refer to an object on the heap.

Dehnert Stephen · Answer

Hi, It is converting Primitive datatype to object and vice-versa. very simple integer to string object -- boxing stringobject to int -- unboxing. It can be seen in the ItemDataBound Event of a grid with itemtemplates. In order to get the value first we will get the control and unbox it with the related control object say either a label/textbox/dropdown and then converting the value into string or a text is again boxing Thanks Buy Lace

Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

Hi Nitin, Boxing: The conversion of a value type instance to an object, which implies that the instance will carry full type information at run time and will be allocated in the heap. The Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) instruction set's box instruction converts a value type to an object by making a copy of the value type and embedding it in a newly allocated object. Un-Boxing: The conversion of an object instance to a value type. Boxing :- Boxing is an implicit conversion of a value type to the type object type Eg:- Consider the following declaration of a value-type variable: int i = 123; object o = (object) i; UnBoxing :- Unboxing is an explicit conversion from the type object to a value type Eg: int i = 123; // A value type object box = i; // Boxing int j = (int)box; // Unboxing Thanks

Muralidharan Deenathayalan · Answer

Boxing is used to convert the value type values into reference type objects. Simply, converting int value to object. The object value will be stored into heap. Ex : int i = 10; object o = i; Unboxing is reverse of boxing. Converting reference object to value type. Converting an object value to int value. Here you need to do manual type casting. Value will be stored in stack. Ex: object o =10; int i = (int)o;

Boxing and Unboxing Concept

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