A Quartet is a Tuple from JavaTuples library that deals with 4 elements. Since this Quartet is a generic class, it can hold any type of value in it.
Since Quartet is a Tuple, hence it also has all the characterstics of JavaTuples:
- They are Typesafe
- They are Immutable
- They are Iterable
- They are Serializable
- They are Comparable (implements Comparable<Tuple>)
- They implement equals() and hashCode()
- They also implement toString()
Class Declaration
public final class Quartet<A, B, C, D> extends Tuple implements IValue0<A>, IValue1<B>, IValue2<C>, IValue3<D>
Class hierarchy
Object
↳ org.javatuples.Tuple
↳ org.javatuples.Quartet<A, B, C, D>
Creating Quartet Tuple
- From Constructor:
Syntax:
Quartet<A, B, C, D> quartet =
new Quartet<A, B, C, D>
(value1, value2, value3, value4);
- Example:
Java
// Below is a Java program to create// a Quartet tuple from Constructorimport java.util.*;import org.javatuples.Quartet;class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { Quartet<Integer, String, String, Double> quartet = Quartet.with(Integer.valueOf(1), "GeeksforGeeks", "A computer portal", Double.valueOf(20.18)); System.out.println(quartet); }} |
- Output:
[1, GeeksforGeeks, A computer portal, 20.18]
- Using with() method: The with() method is a function provided by the JavaTuples library, to instantiate the object with such values.
Syntax:
Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4> quartet =
Quartet.with(value1, value2, value3, value4);
- Example:
Java
// Below is a Java program to create// a Quartet tuple from with() methodimport java.util.*;import org.javatuples.Quartet;class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { Quartet<Integer, String, String, Double> quartet = Quartet.with(Integer.valueOf(1), "GeeksforGeeks", "A computer portal", Double.valueOf(20.18)); System.out.println(quartet); }} |
- Output:
[1, GeeksforGeeks, A computer portal, 20.18]
- From other collections: The fromCollection() method is used to create a Tuple from a collection, and fromArray() method is used to create from an array. The collection/array must have the same type as of the Tuple and the number of values in the collection/array must match the Tuple class.
Syntax:
Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4> quartet =
Quartet.fromCollection(collectionWith_2_value);
Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4> quartet =
Quartet.fromArray(arrayWith_2_value);
- Example:
Java
// Below is a Java program to create// a Quartet tuple from Collectionimport java.util.*;import org.javatuples.Quartet;class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { // Creating Quartet from List List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(); list.add("GeeksforGeeks"); list.add("A computer portal"); list.add("for geeks"); list.add("by Sandeep Jain"); Quartet<Strin, String, String, String> quartet = Quartet.fromCollection(list); // Creating Quartet from Array String[] arr = { "GeeksforGeeks", "A computer portal", "for geeks", "by Sandeep Jain" }; Quartet<String, String, String, String> otherQuartet = Quartet.fromArray(arr); System.out.println(quartet); System.out.println(otherQuartet); }} |
- Output:
[GeeksforGeeks, A computer portal, for geeks, by Sandeep Jain] [GeeksforGeeks, A computer portal, for geeks, by Sandeep Jain]
Getting Value
The getValueX() method can be used to fetch the value in a Tuple at index X. The indexing in Tuples starts with 0. Hence the value at index X represents the value at position X+1.
Syntax:
Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4> quartet =
new Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4>(value1, value2, value3, value4);
type1 val1 = quartet.getValue0();
Example:
Java
// Below is a Java program to get// a Quartet valueimport java.util.*;import org.javatuples.Quartet;class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { Quartet<Integer, String, String, Double> quartet = Quartet.with(Integer.valueOf(1), "GeeksforGeeks", "A computer portal", Double.valueOf(20.18)); System.out.println(quartet.getValue0()); System.out.println(quartet.getValue2()); }} |
Output:
1 A computer portal
Setting Quartet Value
Since the Tuples are immutable, it means that modifying a value at any index is not possible. Hence, JavaTuples offer setAtX(value) which creates a copy of the Tuple with a new value at index X, and returns that Tuple.
Syntax:
Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4> quartet =
new Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4>
(value1, value2, value3, value4);
Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4>
otherQuartet = quartet.setAtX(value);
Example:
Java
// Below is a Java program to set// a Quartet valueimport java.util.*;import org.javatuples.Quartet;class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { Quartet<Integer, String, String, Double> quartet = Quartet.with(Integer.valueOf(1), "GeeksforGeeks", "A computer portal", Double.valueOf(20.18)); Quartet<Integer, String, String, Double> otherQuartet = quartet.setAt3(2.018); System.out.println(otherQuartet); }} |
Output:
[1, GeeksforGeeks, A computer portal, 2.018]
Adding a Value
Adding a value can be done with the help of addAtX() method, where X represent the index at which the value is to be added. This method returns a Tuple of element one more than the called Tuple.
Syntax:
Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4> quartet =
new Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4>
(value1, value2, value3, value4);
Quintet<type 1, type 2, type 3, type 4, type 5> quintet =
quartet.addAtx(value);
Example:
Java
// Below is a Java program to add// a valueimport java.util.*;import org.javatuples.Quartet;import org.javatuples.Quintet;class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { Quartet<Integer, String, String, Double> quartet = Quartet.with(Integer.valueOf(1), "GeeksforGeeks", "A computer portal", Double.valueOf(20.18)); Quintet<Integer, String, String, Double, Boolean> quintet = quartet.addAt4(true); System.out.println(quintet); }} |
Output:
[1, GeeksforGeeks, A computer portal, for geeks, 20.18, true]
Searching in Quartet
An element can be searched in a tuple with the pre-defined method contains(). It returns a boolean value whether the value is present or not.
Syntax:
Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4> quartet =
new Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4>(value1, value2, value3, value4);
boolean res = quartet.contains(value2);
Example:
Java
// Below is a Java program to search// a value in a Quartetimport java.util.*;import org.javatuples.Quartet;class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { Quartet<Integer, String, String, Double> quartet = Quartet.with(Integer.valueOf(1), "GeeksforGeeks", "A computer portal", Double.valueOf(20.18)); boolean exist = quartet.contains(20.18); boolean exist1 = quartet.contains(4); System.out.println(exist); System.out.println(exist1); }} |
Output:
true false
Iterating through Quartet
Since Quartet implement the Iterable<Object> interface. It means that they can be iterated in the same way as collections or arrays.
Syntax:
Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4> quartet =
new Quartet<type1, type2, type3, type4>
(value1, value2, value3, value4);
for (Object item : quartet) {
...
}
Example:
Java
// Below is a Java program to iterate// a Quartetimport java.util.*;import org.javatuples.Quartet;class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { Quartet<Integer, String, String, Double> quartet = Quartet.with(Integer.valueOf(1), "GeeksforGeeks", "A computer portal", Double.valueOf(20.18)); for (Object item : quartet) System.out.println(item); }} |
Output:
1 GeeksforGeeks A computer portal 20.18
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