diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChildChannelStateEvent.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChildChannelStateEvent.java
index da71b307e5..77305874d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChildChannelStateEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChildChannelStateEvent.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import static org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.*;
  * @version $Rev$, $Date$
  *
  */
-final class DefaultChildChannelStateEvent implements ChildChannelStateEvent {
+public class DefaultChildChannelStateEvent implements ChildChannelStateEvent {
 
     private final Channel parentChannel;
     private final Channel childChannel;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ final class DefaultChildChannelStateEvent implements ChildChannelStateEvent {
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.
      */
-    DefaultChildChannelStateEvent(Channel parentChannel, Channel childChannel) {
+    public DefaultChildChannelStateEvent(Channel parentChannel, Channel childChannel) {
         if (parentChannel == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("parentChannel");
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultExceptionEvent.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultExceptionEvent.java
index 14b47d19be..2695a77949 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultExceptionEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultExceptionEvent.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.util.StackTraceSimplifier;
  * @version $Rev$, $Date$
  *
  */
-final class DefaultExceptionEvent implements ExceptionEvent {
+public class DefaultExceptionEvent implements ExceptionEvent {
 
     private final Channel channel;
     private final Throwable cause;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ final class DefaultExceptionEvent implements ExceptionEvent {
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.
      */
-    DefaultExceptionEvent(Channel channel, Throwable cause) {
+    public DefaultExceptionEvent(Channel channel, Throwable cause) {
         if (channel == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("channel");
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultWriteCompletionEvent.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultWriteCompletionEvent.java
index e4920d52d4..ab23c104db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultWriteCompletionEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultWriteCompletionEvent.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import static org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.*;
  *
  * @version $Rev$, $Date$
  */
-final class DefaultWriteCompletionEvent implements WriteCompletionEvent {
+public class DefaultWriteCompletionEvent implements WriteCompletionEvent {
 
     private final Channel channel;
     private final int writtenAmount;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ final class DefaultWriteCompletionEvent implements WriteCompletionEvent {
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.
      */
-    DefaultWriteCompletionEvent(Channel channel, int writtenAmount) {
+    public DefaultWriteCompletionEvent(Channel channel, int writtenAmount) {
         if (channel == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("channel");
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DownstreamChannelStateEvent.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DownstreamChannelStateEvent.java
index e04b22e630..0f721bd85a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DownstreamChannelStateEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DownstreamChannelStateEvent.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ package org.jboss.netty.channel;
  * @version $Rev$, $Date$
  *
  */
-final class DownstreamChannelStateEvent implements ChannelStateEvent {
+public class DownstreamChannelStateEvent implements ChannelStateEvent {
 
     private final Channel channel;
     private final ChannelFuture future;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ final class DownstreamChannelStateEvent implements ChannelStateEvent {
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.
      */
-    DownstreamChannelStateEvent(
+    public DownstreamChannelStateEvent(
             Channel channel, ChannelFuture future,
             ChannelState state, Object value) {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DownstreamMessageEvent.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DownstreamMessageEvent.java
index 7c3ae542ae..2977952928 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DownstreamMessageEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DownstreamMessageEvent.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.util.StringUtil;
  * @version $Rev$, $Date$
  *
  */
-final class DownstreamMessageEvent implements MessageEvent {
+public class DownstreamMessageEvent implements MessageEvent {
 
     private final Channel channel;
     private final ChannelFuture future;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ final class DownstreamMessageEvent implements MessageEvent {
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.
      */
-    DownstreamMessageEvent(
+    public DownstreamMessageEvent(
             Channel channel, ChannelFuture future,
             Object message, SocketAddress remoteAddress) {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/UpstreamChannelStateEvent.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/UpstreamChannelStateEvent.java
index cec1abdfaf..a9f9fe59e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/UpstreamChannelStateEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/UpstreamChannelStateEvent.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import static org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.*;
  * @version $Rev$, $Date$
  *
  */
-final class UpstreamChannelStateEvent implements ChannelStateEvent {
+public class UpstreamChannelStateEvent implements ChannelStateEvent {
 
     private final Channel channel;
     private final ChannelState state;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ final class UpstreamChannelStateEvent implements ChannelStateEvent {
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.
      */
-    UpstreamChannelStateEvent(
+    public UpstreamChannelStateEvent(
             Channel channel, ChannelState state, Object value) {
 
         if (channel == null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/UpstreamMessageEvent.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/UpstreamMessageEvent.java
index f4afd8d61b..7776e0d3f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/UpstreamMessageEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/UpstreamMessageEvent.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.util.StringUtil;
  * @version $Rev$, $Date$
  *
  */
-final class UpstreamMessageEvent implements MessageEvent {
+public class UpstreamMessageEvent implements MessageEvent {
 
     private final Channel channel;
     private final Object message;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ final class UpstreamMessageEvent implements MessageEvent {
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.
      */
-    UpstreamMessageEvent(
+    public UpstreamMessageEvent(
             Channel channel, Object message, SocketAddress remoteAddress) {
 
         if (channel == null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/timeout/DefaultIdlenessEvent.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/timeout/DefaultIdlenessEvent.java
index 77c6f242e0..90616a3fce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/timeout/DefaultIdlenessEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/timeout/DefaultIdlenessEvent.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
  * @author Trustin Lee (tlee@redhat.com)
  * @version $Rev$, $Date$
  */
-final class DefaultIdlenessEvent implements IdlenessEvent {
+public class DefaultIdlenessEvent implements IdlenessEvent {
 
     private final Channel channel;
     private final long lastReadTime;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ final class DefaultIdlenessEvent implements IdlenessEvent {
     private final long readerIdleTime;
     private final long writerIdleTime;
 
-    DefaultIdlenessEvent(
+    public DefaultIdlenessEvent(
             Channel channel,
             long lastReadTime, long lastWriteTime,
             long readerIdleTime, long writerIdleTime) {