How does autoboxing and unboxing affect performance, especially in collections that deal with primitive data types?

Autoboxing (converting a primitive type to its corresponding wrapper type) and unboxing (converting a wrapper type to its corresponding primitive type) can have a significant impact on performance, especially in collections that deal with primitive data types (e.g., ArrayList). Each autoboxing and unboxing operation involves creating or extracting wrapper objects, which consumes memory and introduces overhead. This can lead to performance degradation in scenarios where these operations are frequent, such as large collections or loops. It's important to be aware of this when designing applications to avoid unnecessary autoboxing and unboxing.