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class MultiReader {
  /**
   * Tries to reopen the subreaders.
   * <br>
   * If one or more subreaders could be re-opened (i. e. subReader.reopen() 
   * returned a new instance != subReader), then a new MultiReader instance 
   * is returned, otherwise this instance is returned.
   * <p>
   * A re-opened instance might share one or more subreaders with the old 
   * instance. Index modification operations result in undefined behavior
   * when performed before the old instance is closed.
   * (see {@link IndexReader#reopen()}).
   * <p>
   * If subreaders are shared, then the reference count of those
   * readers is increased to ensure that the subreaders remain open
   * until the last referring reader is closed.
   * 
   * @throws CorruptIndexException if the index is corrupt
   * @throws IOException if there is a low-level IO error 
   */
  public synchronized IndexReader reopen() throws CorruptIndexException, IOException {
    return doReopen(false);
  }

}