Equivalent of Tuple (.NET 4) for .NET Framework 3.5

Solution 1:

No, not in .Net 3.5. But it shouldn't be that hard to create your own.

public class Tuple<T1, T2>
{
    public T1 First { get; private set; }
    public T2 Second { get; private set; }
    internal Tuple(T1 first, T2 second)
    {
        First = first;
        Second = second;
    }
}

public static class Tuple
{
    public static Tuple<T1, T2> New<T1, T2>(T1 first, T2 second)
    {
        var tuple = new Tuple<T1, T2>(first, second);
        return tuple;
    }
}

UPDATE: Moved the static stuff to a static class to allow for type inference. With the update you can write stuff like var tuple = Tuple.New(5, "hello"); and it will fix the types for you implicitly.

Solution 2:

I'm using this in my pre-4 projects:

public class Tuple<T1>  
{ 
    public Tuple(T1 item1) 
    { 
        Item1 = item1; 
    }   

    public T1 Item1 { get; set; }  
} 

public class Tuple<T1, T2> : Tuple<T1>  
{ 
    public Tuple(T1 item1, T2 item2) : base(item1) 
    { 
        Item2 = item2; 
    } 

    public T2 Item2 { get; set; }  
} 

public class Tuple<T1, T2, T3> : Tuple<T1, T2>  
{ 
    public Tuple(T1 item1, T2 item2, T3 item3) : base(item1, item2) 
    { 
        Item3 = item3; 
    } 

    public T3 Item3 { get; set; }  
} 

public static class Tuple  
{ 
    public static Tuple<T1> Create<T1>(T1 item1) 
    { 
        return new Tuple<T1>(item1); 
    } 

    public static Tuple<T1, T2> Create<T1, T2>(T1 item1, T2 item2) 
    { 
        return new Tuple<T1, T2>(item1, item2); 
    } 

    public static Tuple<T1, T2, T3> Create<T1, T2, T3>(T1 item1, T2 item2, T3 item3) 
    { 
        return new Tuple<T1, T2, T3>(item1, item2, item3); 
    }  
}