Reference to string from another class

Question

I've searched google and this forum a bit, but can't seem to find an answer. I'd say the thing I'm looking for is really simple and essential, so I must be a moron. But anyways; I want to get the output of the "process" thing in another class. How do I reference to that string fomr outside it's class?
Thanks.
public class ReadInput {
     private static void printCommands() {
         System.out.println("blabla");
         System.out.println("blabla");
         System.out.println("blabla");
public static void process(String in) {
          Do something with the String "in" here. Say, eventually rename it to "output".
public static void doReadFromStdin() {
     try {
         BufferedReader inStream = new BufferedReader (
                                         new InputStreamReader(System.in)
         String inLine = "";
         String in = inLine;
         while ( !(in.equalsIgnoreCase("quit"))
                 !(in.equalsIgnoreCase("exit")) ) {
             System.out.print("prompt> ");
             in = inStream.readLine();
             process(in);
     } catch (IOException e) {
         System.out.println("IOException: " + e);
public static void main(String[] args) {
      printCommands();
     doReadFromStdin();
}

Answer 1

Maybe this might help
Igor_Pavlove wrote:
public static void process(String in) {     
Do something with the String "in" here. Say, eventually rename it to "output".
public static String process(String in){
  //Do something, e.g.
  String temp = "ifeeltired";
  return temp;  //Returns the String temp when this method is called.
public static void main(String[] args) {
     printCommands();
doReadFromStdin();
public static void main(String[] args){
  String temp = "thisisaroughexamples";
  String result = this.process(temp); //Returns a string and stores it in result
  CreatePlural.print(result);  //This is possible because the method print() in CreatePlural is static and an instance of CreatePlural is not required.
}Edited by: Melanie_Green on Feb 2, 2009 6:46 AM
Edited by: Melanie_Green on Feb 2, 2009 6:47 AM