11393

In this article I will try to explain the concepts of Boxing and Unboxing. There are two types of objects within the .Net framework, value types and reference types. Value types are stored on the stack while reference types are always stored on the heap. Converting a value type into a reference type is called Boxing while converting it back from a reference type to a value type is called Unboxing. Value Types Value types are primitive types like System.Int32 (Integer in VB, int in C#) or System.Double. These types are mapped directly to the Framework Class Library (FCL) and … Continue reading Boxing and Unboxing in .Net