Using a variable from another class.

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EDIT: my title should have said "Define enum data type in one class and use in another" sorry


i know, create a getter method but what i need to do is like in C, how we use headers to define data types and include that header, i want to define an enum in a java class only once and use it everywhere in my package. here is my example :

public class WlanLayer {
 
    /** Enum of status flags
     */    
    public enum Status {
        SUCCESS(1), UNSPECIFIED_ERROR(2);
 
        private int value;
        private Status(int value) {
                this.value = value;
        }
    };  
}
 
 
import WlanLayer.Status;
public class Node {
 
    public Status method()
    {
      // here, i want to set the status flag, to 
      // an enum value, init to success
      Status s = Status.SUCCESS;
 
 
      // oh no, some error just happened after statements
      s = Status.UNSPECIFIED_ERROR;    
    }
 
}
 
 
 
 

in eclipse, it gives me an error even at the import statement (everything's in teh same package) : import WlanLayer cannot be resolved

can someone please help me with the correct syntax ? thanks!