Index: lucene/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/SlowCollatedStringComparator.java
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--- lucene/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/SlowCollatedStringComparator.java	(revision 1140292)
+++ lucene/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/SlowCollatedStringComparator.java	(working copy)
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * This class will be removed in Lucene 5.0
  */
 @Deprecated
-public final class SlowCollatedStringComparator extends FieldComparator<BytesRef> {
+public final class SlowCollatedStringComparator extends FieldComparator<String> {
 
   private final String[] values;
   private DocTerms currentDocTerms;
@@ -99,13 +99,12 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public BytesRef value(int slot) {
-    final String s = values[slot];
-    return s == null ? null : new BytesRef(values[slot]);
+  public String value(int slot) {
+    return values[slot];
   }
 
   @Override
-  public int compareValues(BytesRef first, BytesRef second) {
+  public int compareValues(String first, String second) {
     if (first == null) {
       if (second == null) {
         return 0;