Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "markspace" Subject: Re: Accessing a thread Message-ID: <501C156A.56054.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <501C156A.56053.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <501C156A.56053.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 66a9cf14 X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 f13d4552 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 29 Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:54:23 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344020063 69.21.70.65 (Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:54:23 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:54:23 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17095 To: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax From: markspace <-@.> On 8/3/2012 8:52 AM, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > public static Thread txToLanThreadRef; Static variables like this are not considered best practice. Consider some alternatives, including factories, a context object, or some sort of generic message system. > However, when I try to access it elsewhere, this does not work > > controller.txToLanThreadRef. "Does not work" is a little unspecific. What error/problem do you get? Can you make a short, complete, compilable example that duplicates the problem? It should work, must work, even, according to the Java programming language. If there's an issue, it must be with the way you are using it. Please show us. --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24