Return statement : Not exactly it

Question

I have a method that returns an Element and thru the method I have 3 for loops where I create and populate the elemet, now that the return statement is not withing the for loops I only get one Element., even though the program has 2 or more elements that it's printed.
Here's part of the method just to demo what I mean
public Element show() throws Exception {
Element activitySummary = null;
  try {
    String act[] = new String [6];
    String so[] = new String [9];
    String rac[] = new String [4];
      for(int b = 0; b < act.length; b++){
        if (act[b] != null) {
          activitySummary = new Element("ActivitySummary");
          Element activityType = new Element("ActivityType");
          activityType.setText(act);
activitySummary.getContent().add(0, activityType);
for(int c= 0; c < so.length; c++){
if(so[c] != null){
Element socLine = new Element("SOCLine");
Element soc = new Element("SOC");
soc.setText(so[c]);
socLine.addContent(soc);
activitySummary.addContent(socLine);
for (int d = 0; d < rac.length; d++) {
if (rac[d] != null) {
Element raceRow = new Element("RaceRow");
Element race = new Element("Race");
Element maleT = new Element("MaleTotal");
maleT.setText(" " +MaleTotal[b][c][d]);
Element femaleT = new Element("FemaleTotal");
femaleT.setText(" "+ FemaleTotal[b][c][d]);
Element disabledT = new Element("DisabledTotal");
disabledT.setText(" "+DisabledTotal[b][c][d]);
race.setText(rac[d]);
raceRow.addContent(race).addContent(maleT);
raceRow.addContent(femaleT).addContent(disabledT);
socLine.addContent(raceRow);
XMLOutputter outputter = new XMLOutputter();
outputter.output(activitySummary, System.out);// printing the activitySummary where I get 3 activitySummary Element
}catch (NullPointerException ex) {
System.out.println(ex);
}catch (Exception e) {
throw e;
}finally {
return activitySummary; // it only returns the last activitySummary Element
Please advice on how can I position my return statement so it works.

Answer 1

Nomatter where you put your return statement it always will return only 1 thing.
If you want your return method to return multiple elements you will have to return an array of Elements or some other Object that contains all the elements