>> I guess Sun just did not want to polute the code with such methods. Even
>> more, starting Java 5.0 the issue is gone due to autoboxing.

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> Roman, I dont think autoboxing will do the trick here. If the int is
> NULL in the database, getInt() will return a zero, and autoboxing would
> result in a Integer.valueOf(0) and not the desired null. Anyway, I think
> autoboxing is evil and should be avoided in most situations.

Yes, I did not think about NULL in this case. You're right, with autoboxing
NULL will be replaced with new Integer(0).

Roman