Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/ParallelReader.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/ParallelReader.java	(revision 888547)
+++ src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/ParallelReader.java	(working copy)
@@ -69,6 +69,21 @@
     this.incRefReaders = !closeSubReaders;
   }
 
+  /** {@inheritDoc} */
+  @Override
+  public String getName() {
+    final StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder("ParallelReader(");
+    final Iterator<IndexReader> iter = readers.iterator();
+    if (iter.hasNext()) {
+      buffer.append(iter.next().getName());
+    }
+    while (iter.hasNext()) {
+      buffer.append(", ").append(iter.next().getName());
+    }
+    buffer.append(')');
+    return buffer.toString();
+  }
+
  /** Add an IndexReader.
   * @throws IOException if there is a low-level IO error
   */
Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentReader.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentReader.java	(revision 888547)
+++ src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentReader.java	(working copy)
@@ -1200,6 +1200,14 @@
     return termVectorsReader.get(docNumber);
   }
   
+  /** 
+   * Return the name of the segment this reader is reading.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public String getName() {
+    return core.segment;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the name of the segment this reader is reading.
    */
Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java	(revision 888547)
+++ src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java	(working copy)
@@ -299,6 +299,18 @@
     }
   }
 
+  /** {@inheritDoc} */
+  @Override
+  public String getName() {
+    final StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder("DirectoryReader(");
+    buffer.append(segmentInfos.getCurrentSegmentFileName());
+    for (int i = 0; i < subReaders.length; ++i) {
+      buffer.append(", ").append(subReaders[i].getName());
+    }
+    buffer.append(')');
+    return buffer.toString();
+  }
+
   private void initialize(SegmentReader[] subReaders) {
     this.subReaders = subReaders;
     starts = new int[subReaders.length + 1];    // build starts array
Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexReader.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexReader.java	(revision 888547)
+++ src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexReader.java	(working copy)
@@ -146,6 +146,23 @@
   }
 
   /**
+   * Get a symbolic name for this IndexReader.
+   */
+  public String getName() {
+    final StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(getClass().getSimpleName());
+    buffer.append('(');
+    final IndexReader[] subReaders = getSequentialSubReaders();
+    if ((subReaders != null) && (subReaders.length > 0)) {
+      buffer.append(subReaders[0].getName());
+      for (int i = 1; i < subReaders.length; ++i) {
+        buffer.append(", ").append(subReaders[i].getName());
+      }
+    }
+    buffer.append(')');
+    return buffer.toString();
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Expert: decreases the refCount of this IndexReader
    * instance.  If the refCount drops to 0, then pending
    * changes (if any) are committed to the index and this