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I have a method which creates an object called "OtherItem1". The "getItemName" method is from the class, and returns a String called "itemName". This works fine when I call the "getItemName" method on the "OtherItem1" object within this method. However when I am not able to call this method on the object within my main method. Is there any way to make this object accessible for other methods?

public static void createOtherItem() {

        System.out.print("Item Name : ");

        itemName = input.next();

        System.out.print("Price : ");

        price = input.nextDouble();

        System.out.print("Id : ");

        id = input.nextInt();

        System.out.print("Stock: ");

        stock = input.nextInt();

        System.out.print("Department : ");

        department = input.nextInt();

        System.out.print("Details : ");

        details = input.next();



        OtherItem OtherItem1 = new OtherItem(itemName, price, id, stock, department, details);



        OtherItem1.getItemName();

    }



    public static void main(String args) {

        createOtherItem();

        OtherItem1.getItemName();

    }

you could declare it as a static variable outside the method.

private static OtherItem OtherItem1;



public static void createOtherItem() {

    // existing code here, down to the object creation...



    // it's already declared, so you don't need to specify the type again

    OtherItem1 = new OtherItem(itemName, price, id, stock, department, details);

    OtherItem1.getItemName();

}

But as Carcigenicate suggested, I think it would be better to just return it to the calling method and use it as a local variable there too.

public static OtherItem createOtherItem() {

    // Existing code

    return OtherItem1;

}

public static void main(String args) {

    OtherItem otherItem1 = createOtherItem();

    otherItem1.getItemName();

}

OtherItem1 exists only in the scope of method createOtherItem and not outside of it.

You can for example return OtherItem1 from the method and use this object:

public static OtherItem createOtherItem() {

    ...

    return OtherItem1;

}

And then in method main:

OtherItem item = createOtherItem();

And please do not use names beginning with uppercase letters for variable names. This is against generally accepted naming conventions.

Just return the object from the method.

Change the signature of the method to:

//            No longer void

public static OtherItem createOtherItem() {

    System.out.print("Item Name : ");

    itemName = input.next();

    System.out.print("Price : ");

    price = input.nextDouble();

    System.out.print("Id : ");

    id = input.nextInt();

    System.out.print("Stock: ");

    stock = input.nextInt();

    System.out.print("Department : ");

    department = input.nextInt();

    System.out.print("Details : ");

    details = input.next();



    OtherItem OtherItem1 = new OtherItem(itemName, price, id, stock, department, details);



    OtherItem1.getItemName();



    // Return it here

    return OtherItem1;

}



public static void main(String args) {



    // Then receive the returned item here

    OtherItem returnedItem = createOtherItem();



    // And use it here

    returnedItem.getItemName();

}

A couple side notes:

• Your indentation is very weird. 4 spaces of indentation is standard. You seem to be mixing tabs and spaces, and use 6 spaces, or something. It's hard to tell what's going on in the mobile editor, but it was difficult to align properly.




• Do not use capital names for plain variables. Capital names (like OtherItem1) are reserved for class/interface names. Improper naming conventions makes your code more difficult to read.