Is There a Pair in Java

This can be useful to get a function to return two values. Java has an inbuilt Pair class from Java 8 onwards. That is why in this lesson we will not only look at the inbuilt pair class but also learn how to make our own pair class. Pair class is very useful when using a Tree data structure.

Why is there no pair in Java?

The developers of Java thus didn’t include a generic Pair but suggest to write special classes (which isn’t that hard) like Point(x,y) , Range(start, end) or Map.

Can you return a pair in Java?

We can use Pair in Java to return two values. We can encapsulate all returned types into a class and then return an object of that class.