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I understand that int values, when autoboxed, are interned i.e no 2 objects containing the same int are present, and so we can compare two Integers by == So why does the following happen :[CODE]Integer iRef1=1000; Integer iRef2=1000; System.out.println(iRef1 == iRef2); System.out.println(iRef1.equals(iRef2));[/CODE] This prints [CODE]false true[/CODE] On the other hand, …

Is it true that during autoboxing, the type.valueOf() method is called (which creates a new object only if another with the same primitive constant is not in the intern list. This applies to cases where interning is allowed. Otherwise, it creates a new object using new() ). Is this right …