public static Analyzer getAnalyzer(String analyzer_class_name) 
{
        Analyzer analyzer = null;
        try {
            Class analyzer_class = Class.forName(analyzer_class_name);
            analyzer = (Analyzer) analyzer_class.newInstance();
        } catch (Exception e) {
        }
        return analyzer;
}

Gets the analyzer attribute of the LuceneCocoonHelper class

 public static Directory getDirectory(File directory,
    boolean create) throws IOException 
{
        FSDirectory fsDirectory = FSDirectory.getDirectory(directory, create);
        return fsDirectory;
}

Gets the directory attribute of the LuceneCocoonHelper class

 public static IndexReader getIndexReader(Directory directory) throws IOException 
{
        IndexReader reader = IndexReader.open(directory);
        return reader;
}

Gets the indexReader attribute of the LuceneCocoonHelper class

 public static IndexWriter getIndexWriter(Directory index,
    Analyzer analyzer,
    boolean create) throws IOException 
{
        IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(index, analyzer, create);
        return writer;
}

Gets the indexWriter attribute of the LuceneCocoonHelper class