creating public objects

I have a class called Parameters, like so:

Code:

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public class Parameters {

    public enum region {
        A, B, C, D, E
    }

    public enum playerColour {
        RED, BLUE, GREEN, YELLOW, PURPLE, BLACK, WHITE, FREE
    }

    public enum Fuel_Type {
        URANIUM, COAL, OIL, HYBRID, GARBAGE, RENEWABLE
    }

    /*Constants*/
    public static final int COAL_TOTAL=24;
    public static final int OIL_TOTAL=24;
    public static final int URANIUM_TOTAL=12;
    public static final int GARBAGE_TOTAL=24;
    public static final int CASH_START=50;
    public static final int[] PAYOUT={10,22,33,44,54,64,73,82,90,98,105,112,118,124,129,134,138,142,145,148,150};

    /*Variables*/
    public Power_Stations[] stockStations;
    public int numberPlayers;
    public int numberRegions;
    public int Step;

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Then I tried to make a public instance of the class like so:

Code:

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        public Parameters parameters=new Parameters();

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I was rather hoping that this would mean that I could use this instance in my other classes where I'm constructing methods that use the parameters varaiables. Where am I going wrong?

If I understand correctly, you want a global varible. Java doesn't have them, so you'll need to pass your Parameters varible to an object that needs to interact with it.

Oh, thanks!