【boxing & unboxing】
Boxing is the process of converting a value type to the type object or to any interface type implemented by this value type. When the CLR boxes a value type, it wraps the value inside a System.Object and stores it on the managed heap. Unboxing extracts the value type from the object. Boxing is implicit; unboxing is explicit. The concept of boxing and unboxing underlies the C# unified view of the type system in which a value of any type can be treated as an object.
int i = 123; // The following line boxes i. object o = i; o = 123; i = (int)o; // unboxing
In relation to simple assignments, boxing and unboxing are computationally expensive processes. When a value type is boxed, a new object must be allocated and constructed. To a lesser degree, the cast required for unboxing is also expensive computationally. For more information, see Performance.
Unboxing只能对应同一类型,否则出错,见下例:
class TestUnboxing { static void Main() { int i = 123; object o = i; // implicit boxing try { int j = (short)o; // attempt to unbox System.Console.WriteLine("Unboxing OK."); } catch (System.InvalidCastException e) { System.Console.WriteLine("{0} Error: Incorrect unboxing.", e.Message); } } }
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