Unboxing Null-Object to primitive type results in NullPointerException, fine?

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According to the Java language specification, unboxing happens via calling Number.longValue(), Number.intValue(), etc. There is no special byte code magic happening, it’s exactly the same as if you call those methods manually. Thus, the NullPointerException is the natural result of unboxing a null (and in fact mandated by the JLS).

Throwing a different exception would require checking for null twice during every unboxing conversion (once to determine whether to throw the special exception, and once implicitly when the method is actually called). I suppose the language designers didn’t think it useful enough to warrant that.

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