NullReferenceException when referencing to another class

Questions & Answers
1

Hello all

Created new project. Made a cube and a sphere.

Created script AAA and attached it to Cube.

Created script BBB and attached it to Sphere

Class BBB:

public class BBB : MonoBehaviour {
    public bool Test = true;
}

Class AAA:

public class AAA : MonoBehaviour {    
    private BBB bbb;   
    void Start ()
    {
        bbb = GetComponent<BBB>();
        Debug.Log(bbb.Test);
	}
}

Debug.Log trows NullReferenceException.
Why?

2

“bbb” needs something like

GameObject.FindObjectByTag(“Sphere”).GetComponent…

or make bbb decl public and drag/drop reference to Sphere in the Inspector field that will appear.

3

Tnx, but I was not clear.
I know how to make this work other ways.

My question was why is this not working.

I am C# beginner and in combination with Unity infrastructure it only gets complicated.

Both classes are public and in same Visual Studio project. I would like someone to try to explain to me why is this class “visible” by project and yet not accessible by other classes.