{"id":14700,"date":"2024-03-15T09:45:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T09:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-access-variables-of-other-classes-in-java\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:16:06","slug":"how-to-access-variables-of-other-classes-in-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-access-variables-of-other-classes-in-java\/","title":{"rendered":"Access Variables in Other Java Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To access variables of other classes, you can utilize the following methods:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8211; fluctuating<\/li>\n<li>retrieveVariable()<\/li>\n<li>assignVariable()<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">OtherClass<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> variable;\r\n\r\n    <span 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