Bug 111959 [Viewers] ColorAndFontCollector and getColorAndFontCollector() visibility conflict
I'm creating a viewer for a custom table and extending StructuredViewer. In StructuredViewer the method getColorAndFontCollector() is protected so I should be able to access it. But the return type is ColorAndFontCollector which is declared as a package level class thus I can't call the method because the return type isn't visible to viewers outside of the viewers package.
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/viewers/StructuredViewer.java
if(usedDecorators){
				
				if(background != null)
					control.setBackground(background);
			
				if(foreground != null)
					control.setForeground(foreground);
		
				if(font != null)
					control.setFont(font);
			}
			clear();
		}
		
		/**
		 * Set the background color.
		 * @param background 
		 */
		public void setBackground(Color background) {
			this.background = background;
		}
		/**
		 * Set the font.
		 * @param font 
		 */
		public void setFont(Font font) {
			this.font = font;
		}
		/**
		 * Set the foreground color.