Can a method return multiple items

Question

Can a method return more than one thing?
I want to have a method return a boolean and a String. My method is saying if something is right or wrong, then its saying the reason why.
help, please.
Thanx

Answer 1

Afternoon_Delight wrote:
My question is:
Is there a way so that it can be more like this:
public boolean, String checkValidity (){
To expand on the previous posts, one way (not saying it's the best one!) is to create an object that combines the information that you want returned:
public class MyValid
  private boolean valid;
  private String text;
  public MyValid(boolean valid, String text)
    this.valid = valid;
    this.text = text;
  public boolean isValid()
    return valid;
  public String getText()
    return text;
class DoFoo
  public MyValid checkValidity()
    return new MyValid(false, "Because I said so!");
}