Question

I have a class, shown below, which needs to be able to use equals in the way int does, for example: you don’t say

int i = new Integer(1);

you say

int i = 1;

how do i define what happens when = is invoked on a class?

And what is the difference between

    int i1 = new Integer(5);

and

    Integer i2 = new Integer(5);

Answer 1

You can’t, it is only defined in the language and you can’t change it. Btw, what you’re mentioning is called “autoboxing” and only happens for primitive times since Java 1.5