{"id":23004,"date":"2022-11-23T02:39:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T21:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-java-how-to-have-global-values-inside-a-class\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T02:39:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T21:09:46","slug":"solved-java-how-to-have-global-values-inside-a-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-java-how-to-have-global-values-inside-a-class\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Java: how to have global values inside a class?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-2607200\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"2607200\" data-parentid=\"2607158\" data-score=\"4\" data-position-on-page=\"3\" data-highest-scored=\"0\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"0\" itemprop=\"suggestedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>I guess you are looking for something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code>public class TestClass {\n    public final String hallo;\n    public static final String halloSecond = \"Saluto!\";\n\n    TestClass(String hello){\n        String hallo = hello;\n    }\n\n    public static void main(String[] args) {\n        TestClass test = new TestClass(\"Tjena!\");\n        System.out.println(\"I want \"Tjena!\": \" + test.hallo);\n        TestClass testSecond = new TestClass(\"1\");\n        System.out.println(\"I want Saluto!:\" + test.halloSecond);\n        System.out.println(\"I want Saluto!:\" + testSecond.halloSecond);\n    }\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The value of <code>hallo<\/code> is set in each instance of <code>TestClass<\/code>. The value of <code>halloSecond<\/code> is a constant, shared by all instances of the class and visible for the whole app. Note that with this code your IDE\/compiler probably gives you a warning upon <code>test.halloSecond<\/code> &#8211; it should be qualified by the class name, like <code>TestClass.halloSecond<\/code>, rather than an instance name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update on global variables:<\/strong> the main problem with global variables is that they make the code<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>harder to understand<\/strong> &#8211; if a method uses global variables, you can&#8217;t see simply from its signature what data is it actually manipulating<\/li>\n<li><strong>harder to test<\/strong> &#8211; same method is difficult to test isolated in unit tests, as you have to (re)set all global variables it depends on to the desired state before each unit test<\/li>\n<li><strong>harder to maintain<\/strong> &#8211; global variables create dependencies, which easily make the code into a tangled mess where everything depends on everything else<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Java everything is inside a class, so you can&#8217;t have &#8220;classic&#8221; global variables like in C\/C++. 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