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    Hi,
    I hope someone help me with the problem I'm having. I am trying write a method which move the x position of an object by a required amount. The object(s) are subclasses which combine on screen to make a picture.
    I'm trying to call the methods from the superclass but each time I try I get the error


    I'm trying to get the method to return the value from getpox which can then be used by the setpox method after the integer from increase has been added.

    Can anyone help me understand what I'm doing wrong, hopefully if I know why it won't work I can figure out what I need to do.

    Thanks.
    Last edited by kyuss; December 7th, 2009 at 06:00 PM.


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    Default Re: cannot find symbol - method

    I'm unclear where getXPos is defined based upon the description, but a few guesses: if the getXPos method is defined in the superclass, make sure the classes you are calling getXPos extends the superclass where this behavior is defined. If you are trying to call getXPos in the superclass but that method is defined in a subclass, you cannot do it this way.

     
    public class A{
        //you don't have access to getXPos
    }
    public class B extends A{
        public int getXPos(){
            return this.xPos;
        }
        //you have access to getXPos
    }
    public class C extends B{
        ///you have access to getXPos
    }

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    Default Re: cannot find symbol - method

    If you are trying to call getXPos in the superclass but that method is defined in a subclass, you cannot do it this way.
    Thanks, that is indeed what I was trying to do

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