Imports System
Public Class MainClass
Shared Sub Main()
Dim myIntegerVariable As Integer = 123
' boxing
Dim myObjectVariable As Object = myIntegerVariable
Console.WriteLine("myObjectVariable: {0}", _
myObjectVariable.ToString( ))
' unboxing (must be explicit)
Dim anotherIntegerVariable As Integer = _
DirectCast(myObjectVariable, Integer)
Console.WriteLine("anotherIntegerVariable: {0}", _
anotherIntegerVariable)
End Sub
End Class