Index: core/src/org/apache/ibatis/abator/internal/java/dao/BaseLegacyDAOGenerator.java =================================================================== --- core/src/org/apache/ibatis/abator/internal/java/dao/BaseLegacyDAOGenerator.java (revision 433064) +++ core/src/org/apache/ibatis/abator/internal/java/dao/BaseLegacyDAOGenerator.java (working copy) @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ Method method = new Method(); method.addComment(table); - method.setVisibility(JavaVisibility.PRIVATE); + method.setVisibility(JavaVisibility.PROTECTED); if (suppressTypeWarnings) { method.addSuppressTypeWarningsAnnotation(); }