Can't access java drawable object outside of 4 fns

OpenGL OpenGL: Basic Coding
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In java, how do I access the GLAutoDrawable object “drawable” outside of the functions “init(…)”, “reshape(…)”, “display(…)” and “displayChanged(…)”. I am using the Netbeans OpenGL Pack in windows, but anyone who knows JOGL should be able to answer this (I hope).

Reason: At various points of my application I want to load images into display lists from file and not only when OpenGL is initialised using init(…). It is possible that I could find a way for it to be handled during the display function but that seems clumsy to me. In C/C++ nothing was hidden so I could build my display lists from any part of my program. I want to do the same here.

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No idea how the NetBeans OpenGL pack works, but what about storing the drawable passed to init() into a member object, thus easily accessible from other places ?

class MyClass

// initialized after init()
GLAutoDrawable myDrawable=null;

init (…) {
this.myDrawable = drawable;

}