Why com.thaiopensource.relaxng.pattern.ElementPattern is not public?

[angelozerr]

I'm implementing a custom pattern function which implements PatternFunction to visit pattern (element, attributes, etc pattern) to support XML completion based on RelaxNG similar to
https://github.com/relaxng/jing-trang/blob/master/mod/pattern/src/main/com/thaiopensource/relaxng/pattern/DefaultValuesExtractor.java but I need to create my class in the com.thaiopensource.relaxng.pattern package because all classes which extends Pattern are not public

jing-trang/mod/pattern/src/main/com/thaiopensource/relaxng/pattern/ElementPattern.java

Line 6 in 84ec6ad

class ElementPattern extends Pattern {

I wonder why there is this restriction? Is it possible to add a public modifier for ElementPattern and other classes?

[ndw]

I'm not aware of any compelling reason for them not to be public.

[angelozerr]

Thanks @ndw for your answer. I will create a PR to fix this issue.