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<pre>public&nbsp;void&nbsp;release(<a href="http://lucene.apache.org/core/5_1_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/Directory.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in org.apache.lucene.store">Directory</a>&nbsp;directory)
             throws <a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.