A way to return multiple return values from a method: put method inside class representing return value. Is it a good design?
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I need to return 2 values from a method. My approach is as follows:
- create an inner class with 2 fields that will be used to keep those 2 values
- put the method inside that class
- instantiate the class and call the method.
The only thing that will be changed in the method is that in the end it will assign those 2 values to the fields of the instance. Then I can address those values by referencing to the fields of that object.
Is it a good design and why?
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