Created: Feb 11, 2004 2:04:21 PM /// ///
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/// This is to handle the case using ParallelMultiSearcher where the
/// original list contains AUTO and we don't know the actual sort
/// type until the values come back. The fields can only be set once.
/// This method is thread safe.
/// null. The collators
/// correspond to any SortFields which were given a specific locale.
/// null.
/// a is less relevant than b.true if document a should be sorted after document b.
///