Using a class to store only 2 variables Java-CodePudding

I have a requirement of passing 2 different datatypes, one is a Food object and the other is an integer.

class Restaurant{

void prepareOrder(/*i need the food objects and their quantity*/){
}
}

I am passing these as the Food object and its respective quantity to a Restaurant class method to prepare order. Should i create another class with these attributes or is there any other way?

CodePudding user response：

I think you're looking for something like this:

static class Ingredient {
    Food food;
    int amount;
}

void prepareOrder(Ingredient[] ingredients) {
   ...
}

But yes, this is a perfectly reasonable way.

Maybe a Collection<Ingredient> is more convenient for you than Ingredient[], but that's for you to decide. In part, it depends where the ingredients lists come from: whether they're hardwired in code or not.

CodePudding user response：

If you have to pass multiple Ingredient objects to this method, you can implement the logic like this:

public Class Ingredient {
    Food food;
    int amount;
}

void prepareOrder(List<Ingredient> ingredList) {
   ...
}

That way you are passing a List of Ingredient objects.