Access Parent Class Object from a child class

Question

I'm creating a connect Four Game with GUI and I got stuck on Restarting the game. My goal is that when the user presses the Restart Button on MyBoard JPanel the game will restart. I'm using the mouseListener and I want to access the object panel from the child class MyBoard.

 public class Mediator(){
      public Mediator(){ 
          MyBoard panel = new MyBoard();
          JFrame board = new JFrame("Connect4");
          board.setSize(728, 728);
          board.setLocationRelativeTo(null); 
          board.add(panel);
          board.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          board.setVisible(false);
          board.setFocusable(true);
          board.setResizable(false);
      }
}



public class MyBoard extends JPanel implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener {
     public MyBoard( ) {}
           @Override
           public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
               startX = e.getX();
               startY = e.getY();
               //Restart Button
               if (startX > rectButton1.x && startX < rectButton1.x + rectButton1.width && startY > rectButton1.y
                    && startY < rectButton1.y + rectButton1.height) {
            //I'm stuck here  
        }

Answer 1

Use a reference to Mediator when you create MyBoard

public class Mediator(){

    public Mediator(){ 
      MyBoard panel = new MyBoard(this);
      ...


 public class MyBoard extends JPanel implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener {
        private Mediator mediator;

        public MyBoard(Mediator mediator)  {
              this.mediator = mediator;
        ...

Also you may have to move the construction of a new board to a method restart instead of doing it in Mediator constructor.