How to return multiple objects from a Java method?

Question

I want to return two objects from a Java method and was wondering what could be a good way of doing so?

The possible ways I can think of are: return a HashMap<

Answer 1

Pass a list to your method and populate it, then return the String with the names, like this:

public String buildList(List list) {
    list.add(1);
    list.add(2);
    list.add(3);
    return "something,something,something,dark side";
}

Then call it like this:

List values = new ArrayList();
String names = buildList(values);