Need help with a Java program

1. Describe auto-boxing, including why it is useful. (Google for this one) Write a few lines of code that auto-box an int into an Integer, and un-box an Integer to an int.

2. Declare an ArrayList of Strings. Add 5 names to the collection. "Bob" "Susan" ... Output the Strings onto the console using the enhanced for loop.

3. Sort the list using the method Collections.sort. Output the sorted List. Shuffle the list, and output the shuffled list. Note that Collections (with an s) is a class, while Collection is an interface. The Collections class has many useful static methods for processing interfaces, including the sort method.

4. Search for the name "Susan" in the list. What location was it found? Search for a name that is not in the list. What location is reported?

5. Describe why an equals method and a compareTo method are required to achieve searching and sorting of the elements of a list.

6. Convert the list above to an array using toArray. Output the elements of the array. Convert the array back into a list using asList. Output the elements of the list.