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package Torello.Java.Additional;

/**
 * This simple generic-class allows a function to return <B STYLE='color:red'>eight</B> objects as
 * a result, instead of just one.   This is not always so useful, and can make code confusing.
 * However there are some instances where the only alternative would be to create an entirely new
 * class/object, when only a single method result would use that object.
 *
 * <BR /><BR /><B CLASS=JDDescLabel>Field Name Change:</B>
 * 
 * <BR />For the classes {@link Ret6}, {@link Ret7} &amp; {@code Ret8} - the field names include a
 * number as well (see {@link #a1}, {@link #b2}, {@link #c3} etc...).  This is simply due to the
 * fact that these Field-Names become progressively more difficult to read or even look at after
 * the first four or five letters - {@code 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'} and {@code 'e'}.
 * 
 * <EMBED CLASS=globalDefs DATA-KIND=Ret DATA-N=8>
 * <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=IMMUTABLE_RET>
 * @param <A1> The type of the <B STYLE='color:red'>first</B> member-field ('{@link #a1}').
 * @param <B2> The type of the <B STYLE='color:red'>second</B> member-field ('{@link #b2}').
 * @param <C3> The type of the <B STYLE='color:red'>third</B> member-field ('{@link #c3}').
 * @param <D4> The type of the <B STYLE='color:red'>fourth</B> member-field ('{@link #d4}').
 * @param <E5> The type of the <B STYLE='color:red'>fifth</B> member-field ('{@link #e5}').
 * @param <F6> The type of the <B STYLE='color:red'>sixth</B> member-field ('{@link #f6}').
 * @param <G7> The type of the <B STYLE='color:red'>seventh</B> member-field ('{@link #g7}').
 * @param <H8> The type of the <B STYLE='color:red'>last</B> member-field ('{@link #h8}').
 */
public class Ret8<A1, B2, C3, D4, E5, F6, G7, H8>
    extends RetN
    implements java.io.Serializable, Cloneable
{
    /** <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SVUID>  */
    protected static final long serialVersionUID = 1;

    /** This holds a pointer the first response object. */
    public final A1 a1;

    /** This holds a pointer to the second response object. */
    public final B2 b2;

    /** This holds a pointer to the third response object. */
    public final C3 c3;

    /** This holds a pointer to the fourth response object. */
    public final D4 d4;

    /** This holds a pointer to the fifth response object. */
    public final E5 e5;

    /** This holds a pointer to the sixth response object. */
    public final F6 f6;

    /** This holds a pointer to the seventh response object. */
    public final G7 g7;

    /** This holds a pointer to the seventh response object. */
    public final H8 h8;

    /** Constructs this object */
    public Ret8(A1 a1, B2 b2, C3 c3, D4 d4, E5 e5, F6 f6, G7 g7, H8 h8)
    {
        this.a1 = a1;
        this.b2 = b2;
        this.c3 = c3;
        this.d4 = d4;

        this.e5 = e5;
        this.f6 = f6;
        this.g7 = g7;
        this.h8 = h8;
    }

    /**
     * Returns {@code '8'}, indicating how many fields are declared by this class.
     * @return As an instance of {@code Ret8}, this method returns {@code '8'};
     */
    public int n() { return 8; }

    // Super-class uses this for toString, equals, and hashCode
    // There is an optimization, so if this is requested multiple times, it is saved in a
    // transient field.

    final Object[] asArrayInternal()
    { return new Object[] { a1, b2, c3, d4, e5, f6, g7, h8 }; }

    public Ret8<A1, B2, C3, D4, E5, F6, G7, H8> clone()
    { return new Ret8<>(this.a1, this.b2, this.c3, this.d4, this.e5, this.f6, this.g7, this.h8); }

    /**
     * <EMBED CLASS=defs DATA-TEXT=", TagNode, TextNode">
     * <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=MULTI_TYPE_EX_COMMON>
     * <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=MULTI_TYPE_GET_EX_6_8>
     */
    public Object get(final int i)
    {
        // Throws Exception if i not in [1..8]
        CHECK_GET(i);

        if (i <= 4) switch (i)
        {
            case 1:     return a1;
            case 2:     return b2;
            case 3:     return c3;
            default:    return d4;
        }

        else switch (i)
        {
            case 5:     return e5;
            case 6:     return f6;
            case 7:     return g7;
            default:    return h8;
        }
    }

    public Tuple8<A1, B2, C3, D4, E5, F6, G7, H8> toModifiable()
    {
        return new Tuple8<>
            (this.a1, this.b2, this.c3, this.d4, this.e5, this.f6, this.g7, this.h8);
    }
}