Greeter.java

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Greeter {

    // static makes the variable 
    // shared by all instances
    //static private String greeting; 
    
    /* You can initialize instance variables
       when you declare them, like this */
    //private String greeting="Hello"; 

    private String greeting;

    public Greeter(String g) {
	greeting=g;
    }

    public void setGreeting(String greet) {
	greeting = greet;
    }

    public String greet(String name) {
	String message;
	message = greeting + " " + name;
	return message;
    }
}