Dmitry Katsubo opened SPR-15329 and commented

Apparently I would like to extend org.springframework.web.client.DefaultResponseErrorHandler and override its handleError() method. However I need access to getHttpStatusCode(), getResponseBody() and getCharset() methods. Please change the signature from private to protected.

Affects: 4.2.6

Issue Links:

• DefaultResponseErrorHandler wastes the body of a response with an unknown status [SPR-16604] #21145 DefaultResponseErrorHandler wastes the body of a response with an unknown status

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