Compilation Error: “The modifier 'public' is not valid for this item” while explicitly implementing the interface

Question

I am getting this error while creating a public method on a class for explicitly implementing the interface. I have a workaround: by removing the e

Answer 1

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288461(VS.71).aspx : When a member is explicitly implemented, it cannot be accessed through a class instance, but only through an instance of the interface.

Customer customer = new Customer();

Console.WriteLine(customer.PrintName());

Violates this