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(font == null)
					font = fontProvider.getFont(element);	
			}
			
			if(colorProvider == null)
				return;			
			
			if(background == null)
				background = colorProvider.getBackground(element);
			
			if(foreground == null)
				foreground = colorProvider.getForeground(element);			
		}
		
		/**
		 * Apply the fonts and colors to the control if
		 * required.
		 * @param control
		 */
		public void applyFontsAndColors(TableItem control) {
			
			if(colorProvider == null){
				if(usedDecorators){
					
					if(background != null)
						control.setBackground(background);
				
					if(foreground != null)
						control.setForeground(foreground);
				}