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copied!<p>You can only return one value, but you <em>could</em> make that value an array. For example:</p> <pre><code>private GObject[] getCollidingObjects() { GObject[] ret = new GObject[2]; ret[0] = ...; ret[1] = ...; return ret; } </code></pre> <p>Btw, when you start reusing the same expression multiple times in the same method, you should think about introducing a local variable for clarity. For example, consider this instead of your original code:</p> <pre><code>private GObject getCollidingObject(){ int x = ball.getX(); int y = ball.getY(); if (getElementAt(x, y) != null) { return getElementAt(x, y); } if (getElementAt(x + BALL_RADIUS * 2, y) != null) { return getElementAt(x + BALL_RADIUS * 2, y); } if (getElementAt(x, y + BALL_RADIUS * 2) != null) { return getElementAt(x, y + BALL_RADIUS * 2); } if (getElementAt(x + BALL_RADIUS * 2, y + BALL_RADIUS * 2) != null) { return getElementAt(x + BALL_RADIUS * 2, y + BALL_RADIUS * 2); } return null; } </code></pre> <p>(You could do the same for <code>x + BALL_RADIUS * 2</code> and <code>y + BALL_RADIUS * 2</code> as well.)</p> <p>You might also consider something like this:</p> <pre><code>private GObject getCollidingObject(){ int x = ball.getX(); int y = ball.getY(); return getFirstNonNull(getElementAt(x, y), getElementAt(x + BALL_RADIUS * 2, y), getElementAt(x, y + BALL_RADIUS * 2), getElementAt(x + BALL_RADIUS * 2, y + BALL_RADIUS * 2)); } private static getFirstNonNull(GObject... objects) { for (GObject x : objects) { if (x != null) { return x; } } return null; } </code></pre> <p>(In C# there's a nicer way of doing this with the null coalescing operator, but never mind...)</p>

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