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title: "What are wrapper classes?"  
description: "What are wrapper classes?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-08-25  
updated: 2020-09-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2011/what-are-wrapper-classes  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are wrapper classes?

Java provides specialized classes corresponding to each of the primitive data types. These are called wrapper classes.

They are example: Integer, Character, Double etc.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

Java provides specialized classes corresponding to each of the primitive data types. These are called wrapper classes.

They are example: Integer, Character, Double etc.


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