How can i pass variables between classes?

Question

Hi.
i have three classes and i need use a variable from 'Battleship' and use it in 'BattleWindow', these summaries of the classes, if anyone could give me a solution without editing it too much it would be greatly appreciated
public class Ship{
public Ship(){
int missilesLeft;
int shots = 10;
for (int i=0;i<8;i++) {
     missilesLeft = shots - 1;
//Panel
public class PanelWindow{
     public static void main (String [] args) { 
     System.out.println(missilesLeft.Ship);
Andrew

Answer 1

i still can get it to work.. but i think that you got me quite close;
this is where i need to get missilesLeft from
//BattleShip
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e){
     tries--;
     for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++){
      for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++){
       if (e.getSource().equals(buttons[i][j]) && ship[i][j] == true){
        buttons[i][j].setBackground(new Color(80,80,80));
        hit++;
        System.out.println(hit+" "+total);
       else if (e.getSource().equals(buttons[i][j]) && ship[i][j] == false){
        buttons[i][j].setBackground(new Color(0,0,255));
     //Win
      if (isWin()){
       int hits = 64 - tries;
       int misses = hits- hit;
       int score = ((tries+hit)/misses)*64;
       missilesLeft = tries - 30;
       mis = missilesLeft;
       JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "You WIN!\n \nMissiles used: "+hits+"\nMissiles left: "+missilesLeft+"\nHits: "+hit+"\nMisses: "+misses+"\nScore: "+score );
     //Game Over
     if (isGameOver()){
       JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "  GAME OVER!!\n*******************\nYou have run out of missiles!\nTRY AGAIN");
//BattleWindow
private void build(){
          main = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
          title = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
          right= new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
          left = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
          bottom = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
          displayField = new JTextField("000", 8);
          displayField.setEditable( false );
          b = new Battleship();
          JLabel t = new JLabel("Battleship Potemkin");
          Font myFont =  new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,32);
          t.setFont(myFont);
          title.add(t);
          help = new JButton("Help");
        exit = new JButton("Quit");     
        help.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 17));
        exit.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 17));
        displayField.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 22));
          main.add(title,BorderLayout.NORTH);
          main.add(left,BorderLayout.WEST);
          main.add(right,BorderLayout.EAST);
          main.add(bottom,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
          main.add(b,BorderLayout.CENTER);
         this.add(main);
          help.addMouseListener(this);
          exit.addMouseListener(this);
          bottom.add(displayField);
          bottom.add(help);
          bottom.add(exit);
          setSize(500,600);
          setResizable(false);
          String aString = Integer.toString(bob);
          displayField.setText(displayField.getText() + bob);
          //displayField.setText("bob");
          }the variable bob in must have the same value as missilesLeft
thank you