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Java

Posted by Sebastian Elias Bahnemann
Sebastian Elias Bahnemann
447 Points

Why do primitives need Wrapper Types to use methods but object data types don't?

Thanks in advance.

1 Answer

Balazs Peak
Balazs Peak
46,160 Points
Balazs Peak
Balazs Peak
46,160 Points

An object is similar to a real-life object - it Has things and Does things. It was invented in programming because it is modeling the real life objects. For example, in real life, a car object has a manufacturer, release date, horsepower attributes, and it can accelerate, slow down, or blow the horn.

In programming, we can put any number of fields and attributes which will be owned by the object, and we can declare any number of methods which the object will be able to do - so that we are creating a similar structure as of a real life object.

A primitive datatype is descending from the early age of programming, when the idea of objects were not invented yet. The primitive datatypes are just plain variables, which cointain some type of data - text, number... etc.