private void look() { items myItems = new items(); if (currentRoom == crashSite) { System.out.println(myItems.crashSiteItems);} } thats in one class ________________________________________________________________ public class items { public ArrayList crashSiteItems; public void itemsAvailable() { String[] crashSiteItemArray = {"mobile","shrapnel"}; crashSiteItems = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(crashSiteItemArray)); } } thats in my other class