Global variable not accessible

[bolduc4]

Hi,
I'd like to declare a global variable in Main (or main), which is accessible from toto, in this code:

package pkg_main;
[COLOR="Blue"]//here 1[/COLOR]
public class Main{
[COLOR="Blue"]  //here 2[/COLOR]
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
[COLOR="Blue"]    //here 3[/COLOR]
    final IClient client=ClientFactory.getDefaultInstance();
    client.startToto(new [COLOR="Blue"]toto()[/COLOR]);
  }
}

I tried public int toto_age at the places //here without success.
An idea ? Thk

[masijade]

There are no "global" variables in Java.

Put a public variable in "here 1" then, if it is not static, access it through an instance of Main, if it is static then access it through the Main class i.e.

// non-static
Main m = new Main();
... m.whatever ...
// static
... Main.whatever ...

Edit: The real question, however, is why you think you need it.

[bolduc4]

Thank you,
I was wrong when calling the variable in toto class (forgetting "Main."whatever).
I understand now the concept of class variable/instance variable.
I've put the declaration at "here 2", not "here 1".
--
Why I need it: that's a parameter value. I can't modify the code of toto class to pass the value as an argument (that's proprietary and complex code).

[masijade]

Thank you,
I was wrong when calling the variable in toto class (forgetting "Main."whatever).
I understand now the concept of class variable/instance variable.
I've put the declaration at "here 2", not "here 1".

Oops, yeah, that's what I meant. ;-)

Why I need it: that's a parameter value. I can't modify the code of toto class to pass the value as an argument (that's proprietary and complex code).

Uhm, I'm soory, but I no longer follow. What code uses that cariable then, if it's not meant to be used by "toto"? And what difference would it have made to forget "Main." when you can't modify the code that is using it (i.e. you never would have had to use "Main." in the first place)?

Aach, nevermind, I foresee a branching that will probably dissolve into a long convulted conversion where nobody really knows what the other means, so just forget about it.