Accessing varaibles from another class.

[Naf Rash]

Suppose that there are 2 separate classes. Is it possible to access some variable that is in a private method of the other class? If so could you please provide me an example of how this could be done?

[Eddie Vanda]

Hi Naf,
You have a couple of problems.
Things are declared private so people cannot access it from any other classes.(not sure about extending though)
Method variables are stored on stack only while that method is running.

[Vicken Karaoghlanian]

Generally speaking... "No you can't". Private methods can't be accessed from any other class, except from the class they are located in (Even if they were subclassed).

class Parent {
private void aMethod() {

System.out.println("Parent");
}
}
class Child extends Parent {

public static void main(String[] args {

new Parent().aMethod(); // Compile-time error
}
}

However you should know that in the case of inner classes it will be a different story, see code:

class Parent {
private void aMethod() {

System.out.println("Parent");
}

class Child {

private void anotherMethod() {

new Parent().aMethod(); // Compiles Fine
}
}
}

[Layne Lund]

As stated, the answer to your question is "no." However, if you describe what you want to do in more detail (perhaps with some code to illustrate), we may be able to suggest a solution that uses the tools that Java provides.
Layne