Simple example of classes and values

[ytrewqc]

Can someone give me a quick and simple example of how you get a value from another class?

I mean like you have a value i the second class: int a=1.
and you have a value in the main class: int b;
then you wanna set value b to a (1)

[Zyril]

There are several ways of getting information from one place to another. I would suggest you look into the concept of getters and setters, i.e. methods with the only function of getting and setting variable values. There are of course times when other solutions are better, but understanding this will get you far.

Here is a simple program that displays how it works.

Main method:

public class GetAndSetDemo {
	
	public static void main(String args[]){
		Person person = new Person("Ytrewc", 20); 
		System.out.println("Hi my name is " + person.getName() + " and I am " + person.getAge() + " years old.");
		person.setAge(21);
		System.out.println("Sorry, I mean that I am " + person.getAge() + " years old.");
	}
}

Person class:

public class Person {
	
	String name;
	int age;
	
	public Person(String name, int age){
		this.name = name;
		this.age = age;
	}

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	public int getAge() {
		return age;
	}

	public void setAge(int age) {
		this.age = age;
	}

Try adding you own setName() method and experiment.

Cheers,
Z!

[ytrewqc]

Thanks, that was userful

but is it possible to get a number from the other class?
in the example you still set the values in the main class

can you set the values in second class and print them from the main class?

[JosAH]

Don't post the same question repeatedly; you already asked it here: How do i get a value from another class

Don't do that anymore.

kind regards,

Jos

[Zyril]

Thanks, that was userful

but is it possible to get a number from the other class?
in the example you still set the values in the main class

can you set the values in second class and print them from the main class?

I don't understand what you mean with this question. You can define the variables, such as age, in the Person class. Just set it to a definite value. You can access it from the main class with the getAge()-method. I just set the age in the main class for you to see how the setAge()-method works.

You can have a constructor in the Person class with a default person, and you don't have to set anything in your main, you can just access it through the getters you've created.

Cheers,
Z!