Question

I’m not new to programming but I am new to Java. I have an app with a function that needs to return an Integer and a Short value pulled from a database, so I can call the function, then use those two values elsewhere. I’ve tried a hashmap which I know can do this, but I don’t want to iterate anything. It will always be a single “record” found, so one Int, and one Short.

What’s the best method for this?

Answer 1

Define a helper class, and return that.

class MyResults {
    public final short a;
    public final int   b;
    public MyResults(short a, int b) { this.a = a; this.b = b; }
}


MyResults myMethod() {
    ...
    return new MyResults(42, 666);
}