public Object getAuto(IndexReader reader,
    String field) throws IOException 
{
             
	// inherit javadocs
    return autoCache.get(reader, field);
}

removed for java 1.3 compatibility protected static final Object pFloats = Pattern.compile ("[0-9+\\-\\.eEfFdD]+");

 public byte[] getBytes(IndexReader reader,
    String field) throws IOException 
{
  // inherit javadocs
    return getBytes(reader, field, BYTE_PARSER);
}

 public byte[] getBytes(IndexReader reader,
    String field,
    ByteParser parser) throws IOException 
{
    return (byte[]) bytesCache.get(reader, new Entry(field, parser));
}

 public Comparable[] getCustom(IndexReader reader,
    String field,
    SortComparator comparator) throws IOException 
{
  // inherit javadocs
    return (Comparable[]) customCache.get(reader, new Entry(field, comparator));
}

 public float[] getFloats(IndexReader reader,
    String field) throws IOException 
{
  // inherit javadocs
    return getFloats(reader, field, FLOAT_PARSER);
}

 public float[] getFloats(IndexReader reader,
    String field,
    FloatParser parser) throws IOException 
{
    return (float[]) floatsCache.get(reader, new Entry(field, parser));
}

 public int[] getInts(IndexReader reader,
    String field) throws IOException 
{
  
  // inherit javadocs
    return getInts(reader, field, INT_PARSER);
}

 public int[] getInts(IndexReader reader,
    String field,
    IntParser parser) throws IOException 
{
    return (int[]) intsCache.get(reader, new Entry(field, parser));
}

 public short[] getShorts(IndexReader reader,
    String field) throws IOException 
{
  
  // inherit javadocs
    return getShorts(reader, field, SHORT_PARSER);
}

 public short[] getShorts(IndexReader reader,
    String field,
    ShortParser parser) throws IOException 
{
    return (short[]) shortsCache.get(reader, new Entry(field, parser));
}

 public StringIndex getStringIndex(IndexReader reader,
    String field) throws IOException 
{
  // inherit javadocs
    return (StringIndex) stringsIndexCache.get(reader, field);
}

 public String[] getStrings(IndexReader reader,
    String field) throws IOException 
{
  // inherit javadocs
    return (String[]) stringsCache.get(reader, field);
}