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You have a few options, either return them in an array, or a Map or use another class to store the values and return that.

/** Use an array to return two value */

public int[] methodReturningTwoInts()
{
   int a = getA();
   int b = getB();
   return new int[] { a, b };
}

/** Use a Map to return two value */

public Map<String, Integer> methodReturningTwoInts()
{
   int a = getA();
   int b = getB();
   Map<String, Integer> result = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
   result.put("a", a);
   result.put("b", b);
   return result;
}

/** Use a object to return two values */

public MyBean methodReturningTwoValues()
{
   int a = getA();
   String b = getB();
   return new MyBean(a, b);
} 

written by objects \\ tags: bean

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class MyBean implements Comparable<MyBean>
{
   private int value;

   public MyBean()
   {
   }

   public MyBean(int value)
   {
      setValue(value);
   }

   public int getValue()
   {
      return value;
   }

   public void setValue(int value)
   {
      this.value = value;
   }

   public int compareTo(MyBean other)
   {
       return value - other.value;
   }

   public String toString()
   {
	   return Integer.toString(value);
   }
   
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      List<MyBean> listOfMyBeans = new ArrayList<MyBean>();
      listOfMyBeans.add(new MyBean(5));
      listOfMyBeans.add(new MyBean(1));
      listOfMyBeans.add(new MyBean(4));

      Collections.<MyBean>sort(listOfMyBeans);

      System.out.println(listOfMyBeans);
   }
} 

written by objects \\ tags: bean, collection, collections, generics, sort