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Good pattern for realizing the out-param capability in Java?

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Subject	Good pattern for realizing the out-param capability in Java?
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I want to solicit the opinion of the Java experts about realizing the out-param capability in Java.  Suppose there is a method in a class where I would like to realize the following:

class MyClass {
    int myMethod(int inIntParam, int outIntParam, double outDoubleParam) {
        // Accepts inIntParam as input
        // Updates outIntParam and outDoubleParam
        // Returns an int
        …
    }
    …
}

Since primitive types are passed by values, and primitive type wrapper classes are immutable, I am thinking of having outIntParam and outDoubleParam as instance variables in the class, which get set prior to calling myMethod.  Then myMethod can make do with only one parameter i.e. 

class MyClass {
    protected int outIntParam;
    protected double outDoubleParam;

    int getOutIntParam() {
        return outIntParam;
    }

    double getOutDoubleParam() {
        return outDoubleParam;
    }
    // 
    // No Settors for these instance variables
    // …

    int myMethod(int inIntParam) {
        // Accepts inIntParam as input
     // Updates instance variables in outIntParam and outDoubleParam
    // Returns an int
    …
    }
    …
}

Kindly suggest if there is a preferred way to realize the same.

Regards,
Sandeep

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Good pattern for realizing the out-param capability in Java? sandeep6699@yahoo.com - 2016-09-14 09:17 -0700
  Re: Good pattern for realizing the out-param capability in Java? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-09-14 18:43 +0200
  Re: Good pattern for realizing the out-param capability in Java? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-09-14 12:55 -0400
  Re: Good pattern for realizing the out-param capability in Java? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-09-14 21:00 +0200
  Re: Good pattern for realizing the out-param capability in Java? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-09-14 12:54 -0700
    Re: Good pattern for realizing the out-param capability in Java? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-09-14 17:25 -0400
      Re: Good pattern for realizing the out-param capability in Java? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-09-14 23:45 +0200
  Re: Good pattern for realizing the out-param capability in Java? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2016-09-14 16:29 -0700

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