Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/SortField.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/SortField.java	(revision 778732)
+++ src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/SortField.java	Tue May 26 17:08:09 CEST 2009
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
    * @param reversed True if the SortField is reversed
    * @return {@link FieldComparator} to use when sorting
    */
-  protected FieldComparator getComparator(final int numHits, final int sortPos, final boolean reversed) throws IOException {
+  public FieldComparator getComparator(final int numHits, final int sortPos, final boolean reversed) throws IOException {
 
     if (locale != null) {
       // TODO: it'd be nice to allow FieldCache.getStringIndex