How to use a variable of one class, in another in Java?

Question

I\'m just working through a few things as practice for an exam I have coming up, but one thing I cannot get my head round, is using a variable that belongs to one class, in

Answer 1

You have to declare them public.

A better way is the keep them private, and code a public getter for that variable. for example:

public Award getCourseAward(){
         return this.courseAward;
}