In java, how can you use a method from a different class?

Question

I have two classes. One class one class Note has a method named private String getWord() and it returns word. I want to use that in another class Notebook, what can i do to call that method and use that note in that other class Notebook?

Answer 1

If your method is private, there is no way you can access it from another class... It is visible only in the class in which is declared (you cannot even call the method from an instance(reference) of this class, only you can call this method inside another class method). First you need to change the method to public so it can be visible from derived class or directly from an instance(reference) of this class. If you intend to call this method without using an object of the class Note, you need also to declare the method static so the syntax will be "public static String getWord()". (Excuse the instance(reference) additional comments... cannot help it ...C++ leaves tracks ...:))

Answer 2

I think you import the note class at the very top of the program i forget the syntaxt
IMPORT note.waht ever the extension
u might have to change it to publi maybe

or notebook can inherit the class note I have no idea how to do it in java

Answer 3

"private" means, that only the declaring class can access it.
If you want to be able to call it from any other class, make it "public", or if you only want subclasses of this class (plus all the classes that belong to the same package) to access it , make it "protected", or just remove the modifier completely - that will make it accessible to all classes in the same package, but not any others.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

create the object of that class, and access the method via that object.

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