Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/FilterDialog.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/FilterDialog.java	(revision 7771)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/FilterDialog.java	(revision 7775)
@@ -357,4 +357,13 @@
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This method is intendet for Plugins getting the filtermodel and using .addFilter() to
+     * add a new filter.
+     * @return the filtermodel
+     */
+    public FilterTableModel getFilterModel(){
+        return filterModel;
+    }
+
     abstract class AbstractFilterAction extends AbstractAction implements MultikeyShortcutAction {