[TYPO3-dev] Protected function lookUpTranslation in latest realurl update

[Simon Tuck]

Hi,
I have a request regarding the latest realurl update. Version 1.8+ has 
defined it's methods protected, public or private.
I have a project which uses the previously public method 
tx_realurl::lookUpTranslation. The reason for this is that the site 
contains a directory of towns and places. For example a link like 
www.domain.com/Zürich should be an alias for 
www.domain.com/communities/zuerich.html. To achieve this without having 
to define an exhaustive list of aliases in the realurl configuration a 
script automatically checks for matching values and redirects to the 
corresponding record detail on success.
This script uses the lookUpTranslation method. As a workaround I have 
xclassed tx_realurl and created a wrapper method for lookUpTranslation, 
ideally however I would like to be able to call lookUpTranslation directly.
Would it be possible to make this method public again? It seems to me 
that it's very useful for checking and creating aliases on the fly.
Thanks,
Simon