Should LinkedHashMap expose the Entries subclass

[Paulo Levi]

I'm trying to subclass LinkedHashMap so i can add new indexed iterator
methods:
ListIterator from(E e)

So, getEntry(e) is package protected and i though 'easy, since the entries
in this map are nodes on the list i can easily use that to make a iterator
by placing my subclass on the 'java.util' namespace'.

Not so fast; both header (the linked list guardian), modcount (the iterator
failsafe iterator data) and more importantly the double linked Entry
subclass are all private - so it seems my subclass is going to become a
mess of reflection and my access times will suffer consequentially (though
probably not as bad as copying the data).

What i'm asking is if is there any change of the 'Linked' subclasses either
returning a list iterator on their iterators, or at least making the
internal data fields protected or package protected?