access to object from another member in same package

[Scott A Burch]

How can a class access the value of an object from another class in the same package?

For example:

package lotsofmembers;

public class One {

    public One(SingleFrameApplication app) {

               // bunch of stuff happens here that results in this final line

              Date someDate = calendar.getTime();
}  
   }

How would Class Two in the same package access the Date object someDate?

### thank you

[Paul Clapham]

That isn't an example of "an object from another class". In your example the someDate variable is a local variable in class One's constructor. As such, any object assigned to it is unreferenced as soon as the constructor terminates execution, and that object becomes available for garbage collection. Nothing anywhere has (or can have) access to it after that moment.

[Catalin Roncea]

Hello,

I agree with Paul.
Here are my ideas on your case:

How would Class Two in the same package access the Date object someDate?

In class "One":
1. create a private variable "someDate " of type Date;
2. create a getter for "someDate" (can be "package access" if you want only in the package to be accessed)
3. initialize "someDate" in constructor (in your case: public One(SingleFrameApplication app) )

In class "Two":
1. create an object for class "One" by calling the constructor
2. get the value from "someDate" using the getter

If you don`t want to always create a new instance for class "One" I suggest you design class "One" as a Singleton.

Another option will be to declare your variable "someDate" as public static and initialize it in the constructor and then get it like this: One.someDate. I really do not recommend this way.

[Campbell Ritchie]

And you can get all sorts of errors from declarations in the constructor, so they should be avoided like the plague.