Thread: 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
}

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