Мне нужно получить доступ к закрытым переменным из следующего списка классов (Species.java), чтобы использовать их в классе KlingonOx.java.

Цель класса KlingonOx.java - определить, через сколько лет популяция видов слонов будет больше, чем популяция видов клингонов.

Вот класс Species.java:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Species
{
private String name;
private int population;
private double growthRate;

public void readInput()
{
    Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("What is the species' name?");
    name = keyboard.nextLine();

    System.out.println("What is the population of the species?");
    population = keyboard.nextInt();

    while(population < 0)
    {
        System.out.println("Population cannot be negative.");
        System.out.println("Reenter population:");
        population = keyboard.nextInt();
    }

    System.out.println("Enter growth rate (% increase per year):");
    growthRate = keyboard.nextDouble();
}

public void writeOutput()
{
    System.out.println("Name = " + name);
    System.out.println("Population = " + population);
    System.out.println("Growth rate = " + growthRate + "%");
}

public int predictPopulation(int years)
{
    int result = 0;
    double populationAmount = population;
    int count = years;

    while( (count>0) && (populationAmount>0) )
    {
        populationAmount = (populationAmount + (growthRate/100) * populationAmount);
        count --;
    }

    if (populationAmount > 0)
        result = (int)populationAmount;
    return result;
}

public Species(String name)
{
    name = name;
    population = 0;
    growthRate = 0.0;
}

public Species(int population)
{
    name = "";
    if (population > 0)
        population = population;
    else
    {
        System.out.println("ERROR: using a negative" + "population.");
        System.exit(0);
    }
    growthRate = 0.0;
}

public Species(double growthRate)
{
    name = "";
    population = 0;
    growthRate = growthRate;
}

public Species(String name, int population, double growthRate)
{
    name = name;
    if (population > 0)
        population = population;
    else
    {
        System.out.println("ERROR: using a negative" + "population.");
        System.exit(0);
    }
    growthRate = growthRate;
}

public Species()
{
    name = "";
    population = 0;
    growthRate = 0;
}

public void setSpecies(String newName, int newPopulation, double newGrowthRate)
{
    name = newName;
    if (newPopulation >= 0)
        population = newPopulation;
    else
    {
        System.out.println("ERROR: using a negative " + "population.");
        System.exit(0);
    }

    growthRate = newGrowthRate;
}

public void setName(String name)
{
    name = name;
}

public void setPopulation(int population)
{
    if (population > 0)
        population = population;
    else
    {
        System.out.println("ERROR: using a negative" + "population."); 
        System.exit(0);
    }
}

public void setGrowthRate(double growthRate)
{
    growthRate = growthRate;
}

public String getName()
{
    return name;
}

public int getPopulation()
{
    return population;
}

public double getGrowthRate()
{
    return growthRate;
}

public boolean equals(Species otherObject)
{
    return (name.equalsIgnoreCase(otherObject.name)) &&
           (population == otherObject.population) &&
           (growthRate == otherObject.growthRate);
}
}

Вот класс KlingonOx.java:

import java.util.Scanner;
public class KlingonOx extends Species
{
public static void main(String[] args) 
{
    new KlingonOx().run();
}

public void run()
{     
    Species klingonox = new Species();
    Species elephant = new Species();

    System.out.println("Please enter data on the species Klingon Ox."); 
    klingonox.readInput();
    klingonox.writeOutput();
    klingonox.setPopulation(int population);
    population = population;
    klingonox.setGrowthRate(double growthRate);
    growthRate = growthRate;

    System.out.println("Please enter data on the species Elephant.");
    elephant.readInput(); 
    elephant.writeOutput();
    elephant.setPopulation(population);
    population = population;
    elephant.setGrowthRate(growthRate);
    growthRate = growthRate;

    int year = 0;
    if(klingonox.population < elephant.population)
    {
        while(klingonox.population < elephant.population)
        {
            klingonox.population = (int)(klingonox.population + (klingonox.population * (klingonox.growthRate/100) ) );
            elephant.population=(int)(elephant.population + (elephant.population * (elephant.growthRate/100) ) );
            year++;
        }

        System.out.println("KLINGON OX EXCEEDS ELEPHANT IN" + year + "YEARS");
    }

    else
    {
        while(klingonox.population > elephant.population)
        {
            klingonox.population=(int)(klingonox.population+(klingonox.population*(klingonox.growthRate/100)));
            elephant.population=(int)(elephant.population+(elephant.population*(elephant.growthRate/100)));
            year++;
        }
    System.out.println("ELEPHANT EXCEEDS KLINGON OX IN" + year + "YEARS");
    }
}
}

Класс KlingonOx.java выдает ошибку, котораяНаселение" а также "growthRate» являются частными переменными экземпляра в Species и поэтому недоступны. Я'мы пытались использовать вызовы методов getPopulation и getGrowthRate для получения переменных, но яЯ не уверен, как это сделать правильно.

Любая обратная связь приветствуется.