What is the difference between boxing and unboxing in Java?

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Basis	Boxing	Unboxing
Basic	The object type refers to its VALUE type.	It is the PROCESS of fetching value from the boxed object.
Storage	The value STORED on the stack is COPIED to the object stored on the heap memory.	The value of the object stored on the heap memory is copied to the value type stored on the stack.
Conversion	Implicit	Explicit
Example	Int n = 24; Object OB = n;	Int m = (int) ob;

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