public class Top_Level_Class(){
    int x, y;

    // gets user input which changes x, y;
    public void main(){
       int p, q, r, s;
       // compute p, q, r, s
       doA(p,q,r);
       doB(q,r,s);
    }

    public void doA(int p, int q, int r){
       // do something that requires x,y and p, q, r
    }

    public void doB(int q, int r, int s){
       // does something else that requires x, y and q, r, s
    }
}

public class Top_Level_Class(){
    int x, y;
    SomeClass1a a = new SomeClass1a();
    SomeClass1a b = new SomeClass1b();
    // gets user input which changes x, y;
    public void main(){
       int p, q, r, s;
       // compute p, q, r, s
       a.doA(p,q,r);
       b.doB(q,r,s);
    }

public class SomeClass1a() {  // in its own separate file
    public void doA(int p, int q, int r){
       // do something that requires x,y and p, q, r
    }
}


public class SomeClass1b() {  // in its own separate file
    public void doB(int q, int r, int s){
       // does something else that requires x, y and q, r, s
    }
}

a.set(x,y);
 a.doA(p,q,r);

// in the top level class:
Container c = new Container(x,y);
a.setContainer(c);
b.setContainer(c);

class Container{

  //eventually provides setters and getters
  public float x;
  public float y;
  //------------

  private static Container instance = null;
  private void Container(){

  }
  public static Container getInstance(){
    if(instance==null){
       instance = new Container();
      }
      return instance;
  }
}

Container.getInstance().x = 3;
temp = Container.getInstance().x;

public class SubClass1a() {  // in its own separate file
    public void doA(Top_Level_Class caller, int p, int q, int r){
       // do something that requires x,y and p, q, r
       // **to get x use the expression term caller.getX() and caller.getY()**
    }
}

public class Top_Level_Class(){
Container container = new Container(x, y, p, q, r, s);
SubClass1a a = new SubClass1a(container);
SubClass1a b = new SubClass1b(container);
// gets user input which changes x, y using container's getters and setters
public void main(){
   // compute and set p, q, r, s
   a.doA();
   b.doB();
}

public class SubClass1a(Container c) {  // in its own separate file
    public void doA(c.getX, c.getY, c.getP, c.getQ, c.getR){
       // do something that requires x, y, p, q, and r
    }
}

public class SubClass1b(Container c) {  // in its own separate file

    public void doB(c.getX, c.getY, c.getQ, c.getR, c.getS){
       // does something else that requires x, y, q, r, and s
    }
}

public class Container(x, y, p, q, r, s) {
    //getters and setters for all variables
}

public class Main {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        MutableDataContainer m = new MutableDataContainer();
        ImmutableDataContainer i = computeImmutableData();
        new ADoer().doA(m, i);
        new BDoer().doB(m, i);
    }
    ...
}

class MutableDataContainer {
    private int x, y;
    ... // getters and setters below
}

class ImmutableDataContainer {
    private final int p, q, r, s;
    ... // getters below
}