Chapter 8, Problem 5SA

Explanation of Solution

Numeric wrapper class: As the name suggests, it is a class that “wraps around” a primitive data type and allows the user to create objects instead of variables.

“MIN_VALUE” and “MAX_VALUE”: They are the static final variables of the numeric wrapper class that is used to hold the minimum and maximum values of the particular data type.

Example program:

//Declare the main class

public class Sample

{

//Declare the main method

public static void main(String args[])

{

//Print the maximum value

System...