Thread: I need to retreive data from my constructor that does not have its own variable

I created a new object, and it is a parameter for a new constuctor. I can't define a value in the new constructors class for it to have a spot to save the information to, and for me to thus easily access it.

so for example...

private int x;
private int y;

public MyConstructor( int a, int b, newObject c )
{

x = a;
y = b;


}

public newObject getNewObject()
{
? help ?
}

any ideas?

I want to get the input parameter ( my object which HAS A relationship ) by calling a get method.

It's an assignment.

I realize it would be incredibly easy to just define some variable... private newObject a; and then assign it in the constructor, but I can't do that. My teacher only defined those two variables in the UML.

So... There must be some way to do it.

--- Update ---

Additionally, the getNewObject() is in the UML as well... just have no idea how the hell to access the data, when it's not saved to a variable somewhere... except in the main method where the instance is created... sigh...

help

Okay. Check it. I want the getMyObject() method to work without adding any new fields. I can do anything as long as it doesn't implement a new field.

 
public class MyObject
{   
    private int x, y;
 
    public MyObject( int xValue, int yValue )
    {
        x = xValue;
        y = yValue;
    }
 
    public int getX()
    {
        return x;
    }
    public void setX( int xValue )
    {
        x = xValue;
    }
    public int getY()
    {
        return y;
    }
    public void setY( int yValue )
    {
        y = yValue;
    }        
}
 
public class MyComposition
{
    private String a, b, c;
    public MyComposition( String aValue, String bValue, String cValue, MyObject aValue )
    {
        a = aValue;
        b = bValue;
        c = cValue;
    }
 
    public MyObject getMyObject()
    {
        return aValue;
    }
}
 
public class MyCompositionApp
{
    public static main( String[] args )
    {
        MyObject object = new MyObject( 5, 15 );
        MyComposition composition = new MyComposition( "This", "Is", "My", object );
 
        System.out.println( composition.getMyObject() );
 
    }    
}

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where it is going to get it.

This is my problem. I want the getMethod to return the overrided toString() of MyObject.

Error

MyObject is a parameter of MyComposition. I didn't write the toString() method in this mock code, but it would look something like

public String toString
{
return String.format( "%d, %d", x, y );
}

Basically nothing, except googling for hours with no result. I have no idea how to access the object without using inheritance, or setting another variable like private MyObject x; and then defining it in the constructor.

Maybe there's a way to access it through the package? All three are in the same package.

The new code just shows further clarification about how the code would be used. Nothing is different except that I added a main method with instances of the classes.