I appreciate that. I only asked here since Gavin wrote that class, and it is outside Hibernate Search proper. Thanks. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4121869#4121869 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4121869