Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/OsmApi.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/OsmApi.java	(revision 6873)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/OsmApi.java	(revision 6875)
@@ -578,5 +578,5 @@
     }
 
-    private String sendRequest(String requestMethod, String urlSuffix,String requestBody, ProgressMonitor monitor) throws OsmTransferException {
+    protected final String sendRequest(String requestMethod, String urlSuffix,String requestBody, ProgressMonitor monitor) throws OsmTransferException {
         return sendRequest(requestMethod, urlSuffix, requestBody, monitor, true, false);
     }
@@ -601,5 +601,5 @@
      *    been exhausted), or rewrapping a Java exception.
      */
-    private String sendRequest(String requestMethod, String urlSuffix,String requestBody, ProgressMonitor monitor, boolean doAuthenticate, boolean fastFail) throws OsmTransferException {
+    protected final String sendRequest(String requestMethod, String urlSuffix,String requestBody, ProgressMonitor monitor, boolean doAuthenticate, boolean fastFail) throws OsmTransferException {
         StringBuilder responseBody = new StringBuilder();
         int retries = fastFail ? 0 : getMaxRetries();