Java Pair<T,N> class implementation
Yes, have a look at Apache Commons Pair
.
Use sparingly, if at all; left
and right
doesn't really convey anything about the content or relation between the elements.
(The Pair
class was deliberately left out of the standard Java API.)
Map.Entry
What about java.util.Map.Entry
interface?
Two concrete implementation bundled with Java 6 and later:
java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleEntry
java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry
Here is an implementation from the Android SDK:
/**
* Container to ease passing around a tuple of two objects. This object provides a sensible
* implementation of equals(), returning true if equals() is true on each of the contained
* objects.
*/
public class Pair<F, S> {
public final F first;
public final S second;
/**
* Constructor for a Pair.
*
* @param first the first object in the Pair
* @param second the second object in the pair
*/
public Pair(F first, S second) {
this.first = first;
this.second = second;
}
/**
* Checks the two objects for equality by delegating to their respective
* {@link Object#equals(Object)} methods.
*
* @param o the {@link Pair} to which this one is to be checked for equality
* @return true if the underlying objects of the Pair are both considered
* equal
*/
@Override
public boolean equals(Object o) {
if (!(o instanceof Pair)) {
return false;
}
Pair<?, ?> p = (Pair<?, ?>) o;
return Objects.equals(p.first, first) && Objects.equals(p.second, second);
}
/**
* Compute a hash code using the hash codes of the underlying objects
*
* @return a hashcode of the Pair
*/
@Override
public int hashCode() {
return (first == null ? 0 : first.hashCode()) ^ (second == null ? 0 : second.hashCode());
}
/**
* Convenience method for creating an appropriately typed pair.
* @param a the first object in the Pair
* @param b the second object in the pair
* @return a Pair that is templatized with the types of a and b
*/
public static <A, B> Pair <A, B> create(A a, B b) {
return new Pair<A, B>(a, b);
}
}