Sockets -.-

[Donny]

trying to make an online game, but i'm having troubles.
I'm not very good at java i've been teaching myself for a few weeks now but this has got me stumped.

CODE:

public void communicate(int x2, int y2, int clientid) throws Exception{   Socket clientSocket = new Socket("localhost", 6789);   DataOutputStream outToServer = new DataOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream());   DataInputStream inFromServer = new DataInputStream(clientSocket.getInputStream());                     clientid = inFromServer.readInt();                     System.out.println(clientid);                     outToServer.writeInt(x2);                     outToServer.writeInt(y2);                     x3 = inFromServer.readInt();                     y3 = inFromServer.readInt();                    System.out.println(x3);                    System.out.println(y3);                                                               }

I need to be able to access the x3 and y3 outside of the communicate void but it always returns the value as 0, when i put println with x3 outside it just prints 0, how can I make it do anything? i've tried making public int setX(){return this.x3} and such but it still won't work, any suggestions? (it does print the proper x and y values in the console just not when i try outside of the class)

[Tony]

Could be a problem with scope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scope_(programming) The code example does not show how/where x3/y3 are created.

[Donny]

It's in the variables part

CODE:

Class example extends Applet {     public int x3, y3;         public void init(){      } }