_parent equivalent in Java?

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Wasn’t sure where to put this (maybe Computers & Games would have been better?)

But basically what I’m looking for is a way to access an variable in and object in the object that’s the parent of the class I’m in.

In flash I’d do something like
_parent.myObject.whatever

But I have no idea how to do this in Java. Any ideas?

Rephrased:
I’ve got a main object that creates two other objects, from within a method in one of the objects, I want to check the state of a variable in the other object that the main object created.

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super.

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super and parent are very different
actionscript’s super and java’s super are the same thing

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I’m not sure there’s an equivalent (though my Java is a little rusty). I’d just pass a reference to the parent object in the constructor of the child, then you’ll have the reference you want.

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Wow, I can’t believe I didn’t think of passing it as a parameter. Thanks guys, I’ll try it next Wednesday when I go back to school and let you know how it turns out.

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You can also use dot notation to access nested data from the passed in object :}