I am making simple game in java using Slick 2d. My question is how many ways of passing information between states are available in Slick 2d. I am having a Hero class that holds all the hero stats and carry them between states using Singleton pattern- aka creating a single instance of the object and accessible from everywhere . Are there any possible solutions and workarounds ? Some XML-alike solutions ? Is there DB option ? Is it worth the effort ?

[Edit] Put it simple I want instance of my class hero to be accessible from every state. For example my hero goes to the market and buys some armor. That should change his stas in all states. My question was if there is another way to do that like storing the stats hero not in a class but a XML or data base.

I am making simple game in java using Slick 2d. My question is how many ways of passing information between states are available in Slick 2d. I am having a Hero class that holds all the hero stats and carry them between states using Singleton pattern- aka creating a single instance of the object and accessible from everywhere . Are there any possible solutions and workarounds ? Some XML-alike solutions ? Is there DB option ? Is it worth the effort ?

[Edit] Put it simple I want instance of my class hero to be accessible from every state. For example my hero goes to the market and buys some armor. That should change his stas in all states. My question was if there is another way to do that like storing the hero stats not in a class but a XML or data base.

I am making simple game in java using Slick 2d. My question is how many ways of passing information between states are available in Slick 2d. I am having a Hero class that holds all the hero stats and carry them between states using Singleton pattern- aka creating a single instance of the object and accessible from everywhere . Are there any possible solutions and workarounds ? Some XML-alike solutions ? Is there DB option ? Is it worth the effort ?

I am making simple game in java using Slick 2d. My question is how many ways of passing information between states are available in Slick 2d. I am having a Hero class that holds all the hero stats and carry them between states using Singleton pattern- aka creating a single instance of the object and accessible from everywhere . Are there any possible solutions and workarounds ? Some XML-alike solutions ? Is there DB option ? Is it worth the effort ?

[Edit] Put it simple I want instance of my class hero to be accessible from every state. For example my hero goes to the market and buys some armor. That should change his stas in all states. My question was if there is another way to do that like storing the stats hero not in a class but a XML or data base.