diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.java/src/com/ibm/wala/cast/java/loader/JavaSourceLoaderImpl.java b/com.ibm.wala.cast.java/src/com/ibm/wala/cast/java/loader/JavaSourceLoaderImpl.java
index 66e887c2b..faca56af5 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.java/src/com/ibm/wala/cast/java/loader/JavaSourceLoaderImpl.java
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.java/src/com/ibm/wala/cast/java/loader/JavaSourceLoaderImpl.java
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ public abstract class JavaSourceLoaderImpl extends ClassLoaderImpl {
    * @author rfuhrer
    */
   public class JavaClass extends AstClass {
-    private final IClass enclosingClass;
+    protected final IClass enclosingClass;
 
-    private final Collection superTypeNames;
+    protected final Collection superTypeNames;
 
     public JavaClass(String typeName, Collection superTypeNames, CAstSourcePositionMap.Position position, Collection qualifiers,
         JavaSourceLoaderImpl loader, IClass enclosingClass) {