Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/Field.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/Field.java	(revision 892743)
+++ src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/Field.java	(working copy)
@@ -521,9 +521,11 @@
    * 
    * @param name The name of the field
    * @param value The binary value
-   * @param store How <code>value</code> should be stored (compressed or not)
+   * @param store Must be Store.YES
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if store is <code>Store.NO</code> 
+   * @deprecated Use {@link #Field(String, byte[]) instead}
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public Field(String name, byte[] value, Store store) {
     this(name, value, 0, value.length, store);
   }
@@ -533,13 +535,40 @@
    * 
    * @param name The name of the field
    * @param value The binary value
+   */
+  public Field(String name, byte[] value) {
+    this(name, value, 0, value.length, Store.YES);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a stored field with binary value. Optionally the value may be compressed.
+   * 
+   * @param name The name of the field
+   * @param value The binary value
    * @param offset Starting offset in value where this Field's bytes are
    * @param length Number of bytes to use for this Field, starting at offset
    * @param store How <code>value</code> should be stored (compressed or not)
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if store is <code>Store.NO</code> 
+   * @deprecated Use {@link #Field(String, byte[], int, int) instead}
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public Field(String name, byte[] value, int offset, int length, Store store) {
+    this(name, value, offset, length);
 
+    if (store == Store.NO)
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("binary values can't be unstored");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a stored field with binary value. Optionally the value may be compressed.
+   * 
+   * @param name The name of the field
+   * @param value The binary value
+   * @param offset Starting offset in value where this Field's bytes are
+   * @param length Number of bytes to use for this Field, starting at offset
+   */
+  public Field(String name, byte[] value, int offset, int length) {
+
     if (name == null)
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("name cannot be null");
     if (value == null)
@@ -548,10 +577,7 @@
     this.name = StringHelper.intern(name);        // field names are interned
     fieldsData = value;
     
-    if (store == Store.NO)
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("binary values can't be unstored");
-    
-    isStored = store.isStored();
+    isStored = true;
     isIndexed   = false;
     isTokenized = false;
     omitTermFreqAndPositions = false;