Octet Class in JavaTuples

A Octet is a Tuple from JavaTuples library that deals with 3 elements. Since this Octet is a generic class, it can hold any type of value in it.
Since Octet is a Tuple, hence it also has all the characteristics 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 Octet<A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H> extends Tuple
implements IValue0<A>, IValue1<B>, IValue2<C>, IValue3<D>, IValue4<E>, 
                                            IValue5<F, IValue6<G, IValue7<H>

 Class hierarchy

Object
  ↳ org.javatuples.Tuple
      ↳ org.javatuples.Octet<A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H>

 Creating Octet Tuple

From Constructor:
Syntax: 
 

Octet<A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H> octet = 
    new Octet<A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H>
        (value1, value2, value3, value4, value5, value6, value7, value8);

• Example: 
   

• Output: 
   

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

• Using with() method: The with() method is a function provided by the JavaTuples library, to instantiate the object with such values.
  Syntax: 
   

Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7> octet = 
    Octet.with(value1, value2, value3, value4, value5, value6, value7, value8);

• Example: 

• Output: 
   

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

• 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: 
   

Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7> octet = 
    Octet.fromCollection(collectionWith_8_value);

Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7> octet = 
    Octet.fromArray(arrayWith_8_value);

• Example: 

• Output: 
   

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Getting Value
The getValueX() method can be used to fetch the value in a Tuple at index X. The indexing in Tuples start with 0. Hence the value at index X represents the value at position X+1.
Syntax: 
 

Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7> octet = 
    new Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7>
        (value1, value2, value3, value4, value5, value6, value7, value8);

type1 val1 = octet.getValue0();

Example: 

Output: 
 

1
3

Setting Octet Value

Since the Tuples are immutable, it means that modifying a value at an 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: 
 

Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7> octet = 
    new Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7>
      (value1, value2, value3, value4, value5, value6, value7, value8);

Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7> 
    otherOctet = octet.setAtX(value);

Example: 

Output: 
 

[1, 2, 3, 40, 5, 6, 7, 8]

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: 
 

Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7> octet = 
    new Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7>
        (value1, value2, value3, value4, value5, value6, value7, value8);

Octet<type 1, type 2, type 3, type 4, type 5, type 6, type 7> octet = 
    octet.addAtx(value);

Example: 

Output: 
 

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Searching in Octet

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: 
 

Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7> octet = 
    new Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7>
        (value1, value2, value3, value4, value5, value6, value7, value8);

boolean res = octet.contains(value2);

Example: 

Output: 
 

true
false

 Iterating through Octet

Since Octet implement the Iterable<Object> interface. It means that they can be iterated in the same way as collections or arrays.
Syntax: 
 

Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7> octet = 
    new Octet<type1, type2, type3, type4, type5, type6, type7>
            (value1, value2, value3, value4, value5, value6, value7, value8);

for (Object item : octet) {
        ...
}

Example: 

Output: 
 

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8