Question

I’ve been learning Java in my spare time and have a quick question I can’t seem to figure out. This code returns true:

Boolean testBool = true;
Boolean test = testBool instanceof Object;
System.out.println(test);

However, I thought Boolean was a primitive type and when I try this same logic with any other primitive type I get a compiler error that says:
unexpected type required: reference found: int

I’m sure there’s just something small I’m missing. Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

boolean is a primitive type; java.lang.Boolean is its wrapper class.

You’ll notice that all the primitive types have companion wrapper classes (e.g., int and java.lang.Integer, etc.)