Return an object to use in another method

[TidusSolan]

Hi i was just wondering if it was possible to return an object to use in another method. ill explain what i mean using exarmple code:

method1{
...
Qestion qestion = new Qestion(...);
for(...){
method2();
qestion.addAnswer(answer);
}

method2{
...
Answer answer = new Answer(...);
return answer;
}

the "..." are put there to get rid of unesscerary code.
Basically i use method1 to input a qestion and create an object "qestion" of class Qestion.
Then method2 is used get input of an answer and create an object "answer" of class Answer.#
I then want to pass it back to method1 for use with the method "addAnswer" from the qestion class.

Unfortunatly this apparently doesnt work :S
Any suggestions??

Thanks
Chris

[emceenugget]

you need to save the returned value into a local variable to the method you are using it in like so:

method1{
...
Qestion qestion = new Qestion(...);
for(...){
[B]Answer answer = [/B]method2();
qestion.addAnswer(answer);
}

method2{
...
Answer answer = new Answer(...);
return answer;
}

or you can use the method AS the variable as so:

method1{
...
Qestion qestion = new Qestion(...);
for(...){
qestion.addAnswer([b]method2()[/b]);
}

method2{
...
Answer answer = new Answer(...);
return answer;
}

[TidusSolan]

Thanks dude, i treid that and it has come up saying incompatible types :(
Do you have any surggestions as to what type to declare method2() as?
Currently it is declared like this:

private Object method2(){
...
}

and the addAnswer method is declared:

public void addAnswer(Answer answer)
{
answerList.add(answer);
}

where answerList is an arrayList in the Qestion class.

[emceenugget]

have your arraylist use generics. if you aren't allowed, your only other option is casting: Using and Programming Generics in J2SE 5.0