Index: contrib/spellchecker/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/spell/SpellChecker.java
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--- contrib/spellchecker/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/spell/SpellChecker.java	(revision 834847)
+++ contrib/spellchecker/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/spell/SpellChecker.java	Wed Dec 02 18:41:14 CET 2009
@@ -409,4 +409,12 @@
       }
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Close the IndexSearcher used by this SpellChecker
+   */
+  private void close() throws IOException {
+    searcher.close();
+    searcher = null;
-}
+  }
+}