Public method not visible

Question

I'm new to Java and am having trouble with a "method not visible" error when trying to use a package by another person (which works in its own context.) As far as I can tell all the relevant classes and methods should be public and accessible.
Here is the basic form of the code I'm trying to make use of:
package org.p2c2e.zag;
public final class Zag {
     public void start() {
}And here is my stripped down code. The z.start() line produces the error message "The method start() from the type Zag is not visible."
import org.p2c2e.zag.*;
public class BasicTest {
  public static boolean simpleOpen(File fi) {
     Zag z = new Zag(fi, iStart);
     z.start();
}The Zag class and the start() method within it are both public. Am I missing a general concept here or is something up with the rest of the code?
Thanks in advance,
--Aaron                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Answer 1

Based on what you've posted, the only thing I can think of is that you've got an older version of Zag in which start() was not public. Might be a classpath issue, might just be that you didn't recompile Zag.