how to import a library and use a class within that library in eclipse

Question

I am a begginer in Java and I am currently importing a library which provides me with a deepClone() method. The aforementioned library uses a class named Cloner . After importing the library via ->Properties-> Java Build Path -> Add External Jar -> selecting the zip file, I try to use that class but everytime I try to create a Cloner object a warning message appears cloner cannot be resolved to a type .

I might need to import the class but as it's my first time doing this I can't really tell, I looked it up but I can't seem to find a straight answer.

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Answer 1

This zip file is just a sources which you shoud compile by youself, but you can download jar file and import it from maven repository . Direct link for latest version (17 May 2016) direct link

In pom.xml you can see groupId and artifactId so you can find artifact in maven repo in the future