"Abstracted from the appendix SUMMARY OF RULES in The Elements of Programming Style (Second Edition) by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger, pub. McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-034207-5.

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What would be the best way to share variables/objects between different GUI elements in java? Basically I have several ArrayList objects I want my modal dialogs to have access to. Also, where is ...

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