Integer x = new Integer(123); Integer y = new Integer(123); System.out.println(x == y); // false Integer z = Integer.valueOf(123); Integer k = Integer.valueOf(123); System.out.println(z == k); // true
static { // high value may be configured by property int h = 127; String integerCacheHighPropValue = sun.misc.VM.getSavedProperty("java.lang.Integer.IntegerCache.high"); if (integerCacheHighPropValue != null) { try { int i = parseInt(integerCacheHighPropValue); i = Math.max(i, 127); // Maximum array size is Integer.MAX_VALUE h = Math.min(i, Integer.MAX_VALUE - (-low) -1); } catch( NumberFormatException nfe) { // If the property cannot be parsed into an int, ignore it. } } high = h;
cache = new Integer[(high - low) + 1]; int j = low; for(int k = 0; k < cache.length; k++) cache[k] = new Integer(j++);
// range [-128, 127] must be interned (JLS7 5.1.7) assert IntegerCache.high >= 127; }