CSharp - Boxing and Unboxing Nullable Values

Introduction

When T? is boxed, the boxed value on the heap contains T, not T?.

This optimization is possible because a boxed value is a reference type that can already express null.

C# also permits the unboxing of nullable types with the as operator.

The result will be null if the cast fails:

Demo

using System;
class MainClass/*from   w  ww. ja  va2 s. co  m*/
{
   public static void Main(string[] args)
   {
         object o = "string";
         int? x = o as int?;
         Console.WriteLine (x.HasValue);   // False
   }
}

CSharp - Boxing and Unboxing Nullable Values

Introduction

Demo

Result