public void sort(File directory) throws IOException {
    LOG.info("IndexSorter: starting.");
    Date start = new Date();
    int termIndexInterval = getConf().getInt("indexer.termIndexInterval", 128);
    IndexReader reader = IndexReader.open(new File(directory, "index"));
    Searcher searcher =
        new IndexSearcher(new File(directory, "index").getAbsolutePath()); // TODO MC

    SortingReader sorter = new SortingReader(reader, newToOld(reader, searcher)); // TODO MC
    IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(new File(directory, "index-sorted"), null, true);
    writer.setTermIndexInterval(termIndexInterval);
    writer.setUseCompoundFile(false);
    writer.addIndexes(new IndexReader[] {sorter});
    writer.close();
    Date end = new Date();
    LOG.info("IndexSorter: done, " + (end.getTime() - start.getTime()) + " total milliseconds");
  }