Index: lucene/contrib/highlighter/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/highlight/WeightedSpanTermExtractor.java
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--- lucene/contrib/highlighter/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/highlight/WeightedSpanTermExtractor.java	(revision 1143686)
+++ lucene/contrib/highlighter/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/highlight/WeightedSpanTermExtractor.java	(working copy)
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
     this.wrapToCaching = wrap;
   }
 
-  protected final void setMaxDocCharsToAnalyze(int maxDocCharsToAnalyze) {
+  public final void setMaxDocCharsToAnalyze(int maxDocCharsToAnalyze) {
     this.maxDocCharsToAnalyze = maxDocCharsToAnalyze;
   }
 }