diff --git a/lucene/codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/bloom/BloomFilteringPostingsFormat.java b/lucene/codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/bloom/BloomFilteringPostingsFormat.java
index 0388593..07f730d 100644
--- a/lucene/codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/bloom/BloomFilteringPostingsFormat.java
+++ b/lucene/codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/bloom/BloomFilteringPostingsFormat.java
@@ -236,26 +236,21 @@ public final class BloomFilteringPostingsFormat extends PostingsFormat {
       
       @Override
       public TermsEnum iterator(TermsEnum reuse) throws IOException {
-        TermsEnum result;
         if ((reuse != null) && (reuse instanceof BloomFilteredTermsEnum)) {
           // recycle the existing BloomFilteredTermsEnum by asking the delegate
           // to recycle its contained TermsEnum
           BloomFilteredTermsEnum bfte = (BloomFilteredTermsEnum) reuse;
           if (bfte.filter == filter) {
-            bfte.delegateTermsEnum = delegateTerms
-                .iterator(bfte.delegateTermsEnum);
-            return bfte;
+            return bfte.reset(delegateTerms, bfte.delegateTermsEnum);
           }
         }
         // We have been handed something we cannot reuse (either null, wrong
         // class or wrong filter) so allocate a new object
-        result = new BloomFilteredTermsEnum(delegateTerms.iterator(reuse),
-            filter);
-        return result;
+        return new BloomFilteredTermsEnum(delegateTerms, reuse, filter);
       }
       
       @Override
-      public Comparator<BytesRef> getComparator() throws IOException {
+      public Comparator<BytesRef> getComparator() {
         return delegateTerms.getComparator();
       }
       
@@ -295,24 +290,46 @@ public final class BloomFilteringPostingsFormat extends PostingsFormat {
       }
     }
     
-    class BloomFilteredTermsEnum extends TermsEnum {
-      
-      TermsEnum delegateTermsEnum;
-      private FuzzySet filter;
+    final class BloomFilteredTermsEnum extends TermsEnum {
+      private Terms delegateTerms;
+      private TermsEnum delegateTermsEnum;
+      private TermsEnum reuseDelegate;
+      private final FuzzySet filter;
       
-      public BloomFilteredTermsEnum(TermsEnum iterator, FuzzySet filter) {
-        this.delegateTermsEnum = iterator;
+      public BloomFilteredTermsEnum(Terms delegateTerms, TermsEnum reuseDelegate, FuzzySet filter) throws IOException {
+        this.delegateTerms = delegateTerms;
+        this.reuseDelegate = reuseDelegate;
+        this.delegate();
         this.filter = filter;
       }
       
+      BloomFilteredTermsEnum reset(Terms delegateTerms, TermsEnum reuseDelegate) throws IOException {
+        this.delegateTerms = delegateTerms;
+        this.reuseDelegate = reuseDelegate;
+        this.delegateTermsEnum = null;
+        this.delegate();
+        return this;
+      }
+      
+      private final TermsEnum delegate() throws IOException {
+        if (delegateTermsEnum == null) {
+          /* pull the iterator only if we really need it -
+           * this can be a relativly heavy operation depending on the 
+           * delegate postings format and they underlying directory
+           * (clone IndexInput) */
+          delegateTermsEnum = delegateTerms.iterator(reuseDelegate);
+        }
+        return delegateTermsEnum;
+      }
+      
       @Override
       public final BytesRef next() throws IOException {
-        return delegateTermsEnum.next();
+        return delegate().next();
       }
       
       @Override
       public final Comparator<BytesRef> getComparator() {
-        return delegateTermsEnum.getComparator();
+        return delegateTerms.getComparator();
       }
       
       @Override
@@ -326,51 +343,51 @@ public final class BloomFilteringPostingsFormat extends PostingsFormat {
         if (filter.contains(text) == ContainsResult.NO) {
           return false;
         }
-        return delegateTermsEnum.seekExact(text, useCache);
+        return delegate().seekExact(text, useCache);
       }
       
       @Override
       public final SeekStatus seekCeil(BytesRef text, boolean useCache)
           throws IOException {
-        return delegateTermsEnum.seekCeil(text, useCache);
+        return delegate().seekCeil(text, useCache);
       }
       
       @Override
       public final void seekExact(long ord) throws IOException {
-        delegateTermsEnum.seekExact(ord);
+        delegate().seekExact(ord);
       }
       
       @Override
       public final BytesRef term() throws IOException {
-        return delegateTermsEnum.term();
+        return delegate().term();
       }
       
       @Override
       public final long ord() throws IOException {
-        return delegateTermsEnum.ord();
+        return delegate().ord();
       }
       
       @Override
       public final int docFreq() throws IOException {
-        return delegateTermsEnum.docFreq();
+        return delegate().docFreq();
       }
       
       @Override
       public final long totalTermFreq() throws IOException {
-        return delegateTermsEnum.totalTermFreq();
+        return delegate().totalTermFreq();
       }
       
 
       @Override
       public DocsAndPositionsEnum docsAndPositions(Bits liveDocs,
           DocsAndPositionsEnum reuse, int flags) throws IOException {
-        return delegateTermsEnum.docsAndPositions(liveDocs, reuse, flags);
+        return delegate().docsAndPositions(liveDocs, reuse, flags);
       }
 
       @Override
       public DocsEnum docs(Bits liveDocs, DocsEnum reuse, int flags)
           throws IOException {
-        return delegateTermsEnum.docs(liveDocs, reuse, flags);
+        return delegate().docs(liveDocs, reuse, flags);
       }
       
       
@@ -383,12 +400,10 @@ public final class BloomFilteringPostingsFormat extends PostingsFormat {
     private Map<FieldInfo,FuzzySet> bloomFilters = new HashMap<FieldInfo,FuzzySet>();
     private SegmentWriteState state;
     
-    // private PostingsFormat delegatePostingsFormat;
     
     public BloomFilteredFieldsConsumer(FieldsConsumer fieldsConsumer,
         SegmentWriteState state, PostingsFormat delegatePostingsFormat) {
       this.delegateFieldsConsumer = fieldsConsumer;
-      // this.delegatePostingsFormat=delegatePostingsFormat;
       this.state = state;
     }
     
diff --git a/lucene/codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/simpletext/SimpleTextTermVectorsReader.java b/lucene/codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/simpletext/SimpleTextTermVectorsReader.java
index 2b105de..1a0cde6 100644
--- a/lucene/codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/simpletext/SimpleTextTermVectorsReader.java
+++ b/lucene/codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/simpletext/SimpleTextTermVectorsReader.java
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ public class SimpleTextTermVectorsReader extends TermVectorsReader {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Comparator<BytesRef> getComparator() throws IOException {
+    public Comparator<BytesRef> getComparator() {
       return BytesRef.getUTF8SortedAsUnicodeComparator();
     }
 
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FilterAtomicReader.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FilterAtomicReader.java
index 54edfc7..d403f13 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FilterAtomicReader.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FilterAtomicReader.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class FilterAtomicReader extends AtomicReader {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Comparator<BytesRef> getComparator() throws IOException {
+    public Comparator<BytesRef> getComparator() {
       return in.getComparator();
     }
 
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/Terms.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/Terms.java
index 62925c3..45924d4 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/Terms.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/Terms.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public abstract class Terms {
    *  if there are no terms.  This method may be invoked
    *  many times; it's best to cache a single instance &
    *  reuse it. */
-  public abstract Comparator<BytesRef> getComparator() throws IOException;
+  public abstract Comparator<BytesRef> getComparator();
 
   /** Returns the number of terms for this field, or -1 if this 
    *  measure isn't stored by the codec. Note that, just like