Could PaintServer.convertPaint (...) be public?

[Guillaume Pothier]

I need a generic way to convert a CSS property into a Paint object, 
giving only the CSS indices. So I have a class with two fields (opacity 
index/index) and a method like that:
	public Paint getPaint (SVGGOElement aElement)
	{
		// Code inspired from Batik's PaintServer.convertFillPaint
		Value v = CSSUtilities.getComputedStyle (aElement, itsOpacityIndex);
		float opacity = PaintServer.convertOpacity(v);
		v = CSSUtilities.getComputedStyle (aElement, itsIndex);

		return convertPaint(aElement, aElement.getGraphicsNode(), v, opacity, 
aElement.getBridgeContext());
	}

But as PaintServer.convertPaint is protected I had to copy it into my 
class. Is there a particular reason why it is protected, or could it be 
made public without problem?
Guillaume

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