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making a boolean variable public static

Hello,
I have made String variable public static and have worked with them. When I attempted to make a boolean "public static" the second file did not recognize that boolean variable;
public static String childData;
public static boolean ACPstatus;

What's the difference? How can I make this boolean public?

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CEHJ

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chima

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CEHJ, that is what I kept saying; There isn't any difference. I am not at work at this time. I will do so tomorrow. Thanks.

chima

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The only difference is that I am trying to use it via an abstract interface. Tomorrow I will try it outside of it.

sciuriware

Please publish any error messages (literally).

;JOOP!

CEHJ

>>The only difference is that I am trying to use it via an abstract interface.

The following should work fine too

public interface Foo {
    public final static boolean bar; // (first 3 modifiers redundant in reality)
}

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chima

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The doStaticTable is an abstract class; http://localhost/FitNesse.TableFixture that needs to be over written. The code snippet below is from the first TableFixture, whereby I instantiate the second doStaticTable, i.e., ACP acp = new ACP(); It is on the second file (this file) that I define the public static boolean ACPstatus;. When I try using it on the first file, it does not resolve to the boolean from the second file.
I hope that make sense.
thanks


	protected void doStaticTable(int rows) {        
		//Get the attribute name and create a Constraint
		//private Logger log = Logger.getLogger("alse");
		
		System.out.print("\n Before ACP");
		ACP acp = new ACP();
		acp.doStaticTable(rows);
		System.out.print("\n Between ACP " + ACPstatus);
		if(!ACPstatus) {
			System.out.print("\n IN main");
			right(0,1);
		}
		System.out.print("\n After ACP");

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CEHJ

Java doesn't work on the basis of files - it works on the basis of classes. One of your classes is 'ACP' . What is the other one called?

chima

ASKER

The other class is Network Systems.

CEHJ

That's not a class name. Class names can't contain spaces

chima

ASKER

CEHJ, correction NetworkSystems

chima

ASKER

thanks, this is not a big issue for me now. I solved it by using another approach to my test project.