Calling an array from another class

Ok I have this little program that I created to display values stored in an array. Well, I want my array to automatically be populated with the same values that are in another array that resides in a different class. Here is my code for the class that I want the values to be displayed:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class GUIRead extends JFrame
     double[] interest = new double[3];
     MemicCSVReader[] interestObjectArray = new MemicCSVReader[3];
     interestObjectArray[0] = new MemicCSVReader();
     interestObjectArray[1] = new MemicCSVReader();
     interestObjectArray[2] = new MemicCSVReader():
     for(int x = 0; x < 3; x++)
     JPanel display = new JPanel();
     JTextField interestText = new JTextField(10);
     JPanel display2 = new JPanel();
     JTextField interestText2 = new JTextField(10);
     JPanel display3 = new JPanel();
     JTextField interestText3 = new JTextField(10);
     public GUIRead()
          super("Test");
          setSize(160,200);
          setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          setVisible(true);
          GridLayout config = new GridLayout(3,1);
          FlowLayout config2 = new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT,10,10);
          Container pane = getContentPane();
          pane.setLayout(config2);
          display.setLayout(config2);
          display.add(interestText);
          interestText.setText(interest[0]);
          interestText.setEditable(false);
          pane.add(display);
          display2.setLayout(config2);
          display2.add(interestText2);
          interestText2.setText(interest[1]);
          interestText2.setEditable(false);
          pane.add(display2);
          display3.setLayout(config2);
          display3.add(interestText3);
          interestText3.setText(interest[2]);
          interestText3.setEditable(false);
          pane.add(display3);
          setContentPane(pane);
     public static void main(String[] args)
          GUIRead run = new GUIRead();
Here is my code that I want the double[] interest array to pull it's data from:
public class MemicCSVReader
     double interestArray[];
     MemicCSVReader()
          String[] interestString = {"5.5","5.35","5.75"};
          for(int x = 0; x < 3; x++)
               interestArray[x] = Double.parseDouble(interestString[x]);
}

Ok, thanks for your help. Now I have another problem. I can't get the values to display. Here is my code:
This is the program that runs the application:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class GUIRead extends JFrame
     MemicCSVReader readCSV = new MemicCSVReader();
     double[] interestDouble = readCSV.getInterestArray();
     String[] interest;
     JPanel display = new JPanel();
     JTextField interestText = new JTextField(10);
     JPanel display2 = new JPanel();
     JTextField interestText2 = new JTextField(10);
     JPanel display3 = new JPanel();
     JTextField interestText3 = new JTextField(10);
     public GUIRead()
          super("Test");
          setSize(160,200);
          setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          setVisible(true);
          GridLayout config = new GridLayout(3,1);
          FlowLayout config2 = new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT,10,10);
          Container pane = getContentPane();
          pane.setLayout(config2);
          display.setLayout(config2);
          display.add(interestText);
          interestText.setEditable(false);
          pane.add(display);
          display2.setLayout(config2);
          display2.add(interestText2);
          interestText2.setEditable(false);
          pane.add(display2);
          display3.setLayout(config2);
          display3.add(interestText3);
          interestText3.setEditable(false);
          pane.add(display3);
          setContentPane(pane);
     public void actionPerformed()
          for(int x = 0; x < 3; x++)
               interest[x] = Double.toString(interestDouble[x]);
          interestText.setText(interest[0]);
          interestText2.setText(interest[1]);
          interestText3.setText(interest[2]);
     public static void main(String[] args)
          GUIRead run = new GUIRead();
This is the file that it pulls the array from:
public class MemicCSVReader
     private double[] InterestArray = new double[3];
     MemicCSVReader()
          double[] InterestArray = {5.5,5.35,5.75};
     public double[] getInterestArray()
          return InterestArray;
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