diff --git a/doc/howtouseeditlibrary.md b/doc/howtouseeditlibrary.md
index 0688f91..fe6c62c 100644
--- a/doc/howtouseeditlibrary.md
+++ b/doc/howtouseeditlibrary.md
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ Within your application you can manually check online status and then update you
 ```
 
 ####editStore.hasPendingEdits()
-You can check if there are any edits pending by using the EditStore library. If there are edits then you can iterate `editsStore._retrieveEditsQueue()` and convert the edits to a readable format via `offlineFeaturesManager.getReadableEdit(edit)`.
+You can check if there are any edits pending by using the EditStore library. If there are edits then you can iterate `editsStore.retrieveEditsQueue()` and convert the edits to a readable format via `offlineFeaturesManager.getReadableEdit(edit)`.
 		
 ```js
 			var editStore = new O.esri.Edit.EditStore(Graphic);
 			if( editStore.hasPendingEdits())
 			{
-				var edits = editStore._retrieveEditsQueue();
+				var edits = editStore.retrieveEditsQueue();
 				edits.forEach(function(edit)
 				{
 					var readableEdit = offlineFeaturesManager.getReadableEdit(edit);
diff --git a/doc/offlinefeaturesmanager.md b/doc/offlinefeaturesmanager.md
index c37b256..417fd61 100644
--- a/doc/offlinefeaturesmanager.md
+++ b/doc/offlinefeaturesmanager.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Methods | Returns | Description
 `isSupported()` | boolean | Determines if local storage is available. If it is not available then the storage cache will not work. It's a best practice to verify this before attempting to write to the local cache.
 `hasPendingEdits()` | boolean | Determines if there are any queued edits in the local cache.
 `resetEditsQueue()` | nothing | Empties the edits queue and replaces it with an empty string.
+`retrieveEditsQueue()` | Array | returns an array of all pending edits.
 `pendingEditsCount()` | int | The total number of edits that are queued in the local cache.
 `getEditsStoreSizeBytes()` | Number | Returns the total size of all pending edits in bytes.
 `getLocalStorageSizeBytes()` | Number | Returns the total size in bytes of all items for local storage cached using the current domain name. 
diff --git a/lib/edit/editsStore.js b/lib/edit/editsStore.js
index 6652a74..5a23c6a 100644
--- a/lib/edit/editsStore.js
+++ b/lib/edit/editsStore.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ O.esri.Edit.EditStore = function(Graphic){
             graphic: this._serialize(graphic)
         };
 
-        var edits = this._retrieveEditsQueue();
+        var edits = this.retrieveEditsQueue();
         edits.push(edit);
         var success = this._storeEditsQueue(edits);
         return { success: success, error: success? undefined : {code: 1000, description:this.ERROR_LOCALSTORAGE_FULL} };
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ O.esri.Edit.EditStore = function(Graphic){
 
     this.peekFirstEdit = function()
     {
-        var edits = this._retrieveEditsQueue();
+        var edits = this.retrieveEditsQueue();
         var firstEdit;
 
         if( edits )
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ O.esri.Edit.EditStore = function(Graphic){
 
     this.popFirstEdit = function()
     {
-        var edits = this._retrieveEditsQueue();
+        var edits = this.retrieveEditsQueue();
         var firstEdit;
 
         if( edits )
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ O.esri.Edit.EditStore = function(Graphic){
         window.localStorage.setItem(EDITS_QUEUE_KEY, "");
     };
 
+    this.retrieveEditsQueue = function()
+    {
+        var storedValue = window.localStorage.getItem(EDITS_QUEUE_KEY) || "";
+        return this._unpackArrayOfEdits(storedValue);
+    };
+
     this.getEditsStoreSizeBytes = function()
     {
         var editsQueueValue = window.localStorage.getItem(EDITS_QUEUE_KEY);
@@ -147,12 +153,6 @@ O.esri.Edit.EditStore = function(Graphic){
         return graphic;
     };
 
-    this._retrieveEditsQueue = function()
-    {
-        var storedValue = window.localStorage.getItem(EDITS_QUEUE_KEY) || "";
-        return this._unpackArrayOfEdits(storedValue);
-    };
-
     this._storeEditsQueue = function(edits)
     {
         try