Is primitive int also a Comparable?

Question

I just came across a Java generics tutorial that seems to use primitive int, float, etc. as objects that extend Comparable

    public class MaximumTest {
   // determines the largest of three Comparable objects

   public static <T extends Comparable<T>> T maximum(T x, T y, T z) {
      T max = x;   // assume x is initially the largest

      if(y.compareTo(max) > 0) {
         max = y;   // y is the largest so far
      }

      if(z.compareTo(max) > 0) {
         max = z;   // z is the largest now                 
      }
      return max;   // returns the largest object   
   }

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      System.out.printf("Max of %d, %d and %d is %d\n\n", 
         3, 4, 5, maximum( 3, 4, 5 ));

      System.out.printf("Max of %.1f,%.1f and %.1f is %.1f\n\n",
         6.6, 8.8, 7.7, maximum( 6.6, 8.8, 7.7 ));

      System.out.printf("Max of %s, %s and %s is %s\n","pear",
         "apple", "orange", maximum("pear", "apple", "orange"));
   }
}

Can primitive be a Comparable object somehow?

Answer 1

The primitive will be autoboxed to wrapper object which implements Comparable. int val = 3; will became an Integer autoboxing and unboxing java