diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 64cb170b345..82e5ed5c559 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,25 @@ $Id$
 
 Changes in runtime behavior
 
+ 1. LUCENE-994: Defaults for IndexWriter have been changed to maximize
+    out-of-the-box indexing speed.  First, IndexWriter now flushes by
+    RAM usage (16 MB by default) instead of a fixed doc count (call
+    IndexWriter.setMaxBufferedDocs to get backwards compatible
+    behavior).  Second, ConcurrentMergeScheduler is used to run merges
+    using background threads (call IndexWriter.setMergeScheduler(new
+    SerialMergeScheduler()) to get backwards compatible behavior).
+    Third, merges are chosen based on size in bytes of each segment
+    rather than document count of each segment (call
+    IndexWriter.setMergePolicy(new LogDocMergePolicy()) to get
+    backwards compatible behavior).
+
+    NOTE: users of ParallelReader must change back all of these
+    defaults in order to ensure the docIDs "align" across all parallel
+    indices.
+
+    (Mike McCandless)
+
+
 API Changes
 
  1. LUCENE-843: Added IndexWriter.setRAMBufferSizeMB(...) to have
diff --git a/contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/tasks/CreateIndexTask.java b/contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/tasks/CreateIndexTask.java
index 4c3cd48fccd..eb72ff4984b 100644
--- a/contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/tasks/CreateIndexTask.java
+++ b/contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/tasks/CreateIndexTask.java
@@ -49,18 +49,20 @@ public class CreateIndexTask extends PerfTask {
     int mrgf = config.get("merge.factor",OpenIndexTask.DEFAULT_MERGE_PFACTOR);
     int mxbf = config.get("max.buffered",OpenIndexTask.DEFAULT_MAX_BUFFERED);
     int mxfl = config.get("max.field.length",OpenIndexTask.DEFAULT_MAX_FIELD_LENGTH);
-    double flushAtRAMUsage = config.get("ram.flush.mb", OpenIndexTask.DEFAULT_RAM_FLUSH_MB);
+    double flushAtRAMUsage = config.get("ram.flush.mb",OpenIndexTask.DEFAULT_RAM_FLUSH_MB);
     boolean autoCommit = config.get("autocommit", OpenIndexTask.DEFAULT_AUTO_COMMIT);
 
     IndexWriter iw = new IndexWriter(dir, autoCommit, analyzer, true);
     
     iw.setUseCompoundFile(cmpnd);
     iw.setMergeFactor(mrgf);
-    iw.setMaxBufferedDocs(mxbf);
     iw.setMaxFieldLength(mxfl);
     if (flushAtRAMUsage > 0)
       iw.setRAMBufferSizeMB(flushAtRAMUsage);
-
+    else if (mxbf != 0)
+      iw.setMaxBufferedDocs(mxbf);
+    else
+      throw new RuntimeException("either max.buffered or ram.flush.mb must be non-zero");
     getRunData().setIndexWriter(iw);
     return 1;
   }
diff --git a/contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/tasks/OpenIndexTask.java b/contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/tasks/OpenIndexTask.java
index 7e1b1b2ea1b..4d4910a7d04 100644
--- a/contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/tasks/OpenIndexTask.java
+++ b/contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/tasks/OpenIndexTask.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
 import org.apache.lucene.benchmark.byTask.PerfRunData;
 import org.apache.lucene.benchmark.byTask.utils.Config;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.LogMergePolicy;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -35,10 +36,10 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  */
 public class OpenIndexTask extends PerfTask {
 
-  public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_BUFFERED = 10;
-  public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_FIELD_LENGTH = 10000;
-  public static final int DEFAULT_MERGE_PFACTOR = 10;
-  public static final int DEFAULT_RAM_FLUSH_MB = 0;
+  public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_BUFFERED = IndexWriter.DEFAULT_MAX_BUFFERED_DOCS;
+  public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_FIELD_LENGTH = IndexWriter.DEFAULT_MAX_FIELD_LENGTH;
+  public static final int DEFAULT_MERGE_PFACTOR = LogMergePolicy.DEFAULT_MERGE_FACTOR;
+  public static final double DEFAULT_RAM_FLUSH_MB = (int) IndexWriter.DEFAULT_RAM_BUFFER_SIZE_MB;
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_AUTO_COMMIT = true;
 
   public OpenIndexTask(PerfRunData runData) {
@@ -55,12 +56,17 @@ public class OpenIndexTask extends PerfTask {
     int mrgf = config.get("merge.factor",DEFAULT_MERGE_PFACTOR);
     int mxbf = config.get("max.buffered",DEFAULT_MAX_BUFFERED);
     int mxfl = config.get("max.field.length",DEFAULT_MAX_FIELD_LENGTH);
-    double flushAtRAMUsage = config.get("ram.flush.mb", OpenIndexTask.DEFAULT_RAM_FLUSH_MB);
-    boolean autoCommit = config.get("autocommit", OpenIndexTask.DEFAULT_AUTO_COMMIT);
+    double flushAtRAMUsage = config.get("ram.flush.mb", DEFAULT_RAM_FLUSH_MB);
+    boolean autoCommit = config.get("autocommit", DEFAULT_AUTO_COMMIT);
     IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, autoCommit, analyzer, false);
 
     // must update params for newly opened writer
-    writer.setMaxBufferedDocs(mxbf);
+    if (flushAtRAMUsage > 0)
+      writer.setRAMBufferSizeMB(flushAtRAMUsage);
+    else if (mxbf != 0)
+      writer.setMaxBufferedDocs(mxbf);
+    else
+      throw new RuntimeException("either max.buffered or ram.flush.mb must be non-zero");
     writer.setMaxFieldLength(mxfl);
     writer.setMergeFactor(mrgf);
     writer.setUseCompoundFile(cmpnd); // this one redundant?
diff --git a/contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/utils/Config.java b/contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/utils/Config.java
index 798786b53b9..22ab53b91a4 100644
--- a/contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/utils/Config.java
+++ b/contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/utils/Config.java
@@ -175,6 +175,36 @@ public class Config {
     return vals[roundNumber % vals.length];
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Return a double property.
+   * If the property contain ":", e.g. "10:100:5", it is interpreted 
+   * as array of doubles. It is extracted once, on first call
+   * to get() it, and a by-round-value is returned. 
+   * @param name name of property
+   * @param dflt default value
+   * @return a double property.
+   */
+  public double get (String name, double dflt) {
+    // use value by round if already parsed
+    double vals[] = (double[]) valByRound.get(name);
+    if (vals != null) {
+      return vals[roundNumber % vals.length];
+    }
+    // done if not by round 
+    String sval = props.getProperty(name,""+dflt);
+    if (sval.indexOf(":")<0) {
+      return Double.parseDouble(sval);
+    }
+    // first time this prop is extracted by round
+    int k = sval.indexOf(":");
+    String colName = sval.substring(0,k);
+    sval = sval.substring(k+1);
+    colForValByRound.put(name,colName);
+    vals = propToDoubleArray(sval);
+    valByRound.put(name,vals);
+    return vals[roundNumber % vals.length];
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Return a boolean property.
    * If the property contain ":", e.g. "true.true.false", it is interpreted 
@@ -241,7 +271,7 @@ public class Config {
     return roundNumber;
   }
   
-  // extract properties to array, e.g. for "10.100.5" return int[]{10,100,5}. 
+  // extract properties to array, e.g. for "10:100:5" return int[]{10,100,5}. 
   private int[] propToIntArray (String s) {
     if (s.indexOf(":")<0) {
       return new int [] { Integer.parseInt(s) };
@@ -260,7 +290,26 @@ public class Config {
     return res;
   }
     
-  // extract properties to array, e.g. for "true.true.false" return booleab[]{true,false,false}. 
+  // extract properties to array, e.g. for "10.7:100.4:-2.3" return int[]{10.7,100.4,-2.3}. 
+  private double[] propToDoubleArray (String s) {
+    if (s.indexOf(":")<0) {
+      return new double [] { Double.parseDouble(s) };
+    }
+    
+    ArrayList a = new ArrayList();
+    StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(s,":");
+    while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
+      String t = st.nextToken();
+      a.add(new Double(t));
+    }
+    double res[] = new double[a.size()]; 
+    for (int i=0; i<a.size(); i++) {
+      res[i] = ((Double) a.get(i)).doubleValue();
+    }
+    return res;
+  }
+    
+  // extract properties to array, e.g. for "true:true:false" return boolean[]{true,false,false}. 
   private boolean[] propToBooleanArray (String s) {
     if (s.indexOf(":")<0) {
       return new boolean [] { Boolean.valueOf(s).booleanValue() };
diff --git a/contrib/gdata-server/src/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/gdata/search/index/GDataIndexWriter.java b/contrib/gdata-server/src/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/gdata/search/index/GDataIndexWriter.java
index 9d92119ceda..befdc40f58c 100755
--- a/contrib/gdata-server/src/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/gdata/search/index/GDataIndexWriter.java
+++ b/contrib/gdata-server/src/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/gdata/search/index/GDataIndexWriter.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.standard.StandardAnalyzer;
 import org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.config.IndexSchema;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.LogDocMergePolicy;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
 
 /**
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ public class GDataIndexWriter extends IndexWriter {
         setUseCompoundFile(config.isUseCompoundFile());
         if (config.getMaxBufferedDocs() != IndexSchema.NOT_SET_VALUE)
             setMaxBufferedDocs(config.getMaxBufferedDocs());
-        if (config.getMaxMergeDocs() != IndexSchema.NOT_SET_VALUE)
+        if (config.getMaxMergeDocs() != IndexSchema.NOT_SET_VALUE && getMergePolicy() instanceof LogDocMergePolicy)
             setMaxMergeDocs(config.getMaxMergeDocs());
         if (config.getMergeFactor() != IndexSchema.NOT_SET_VALUE)
             setMergeFactor(config.getMergeFactor());
diff --git a/contrib/gdata-server/src/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/gdata/search/index/TestGdataIndexWriter.java b/contrib/gdata-server/src/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/gdata/search/index/TestGdataIndexWriter.java
index 85612690945..01e26c99477 100755
--- a/contrib/gdata-server/src/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/gdata/search/index/TestGdataIndexWriter.java
+++ b/contrib/gdata-server/src/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/gdata/search/index/TestGdataIndexWriter.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.analysis.standard.StandardAnalyzer;
 import org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.config.IndexSchema;
 import org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.config.IndexSchemaField;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.RAMDirectory;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.LogDocMergePolicy;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ public class TestGdataIndexWriter extends TestCase {
 //        assertEquals(VALUE_GT_DEFAULT_LONG,writer.getCommitLockTimeout());
         assertEquals(VALUE_GT_DEFAULT_LONG,writer.getWriteLockTimeout());
         assertEquals(VALUE_GT_DEFAULT_INT,writer.getMaxBufferedDocs());
-        assertEquals(VALUE_GT_DEFAULT_INT,writer.getMaxMergeDocs());
+        if (writer.getMergePolicy() instanceof LogDocMergePolicy)
+          assertEquals(VALUE_GT_DEFAULT_INT,writer.getMaxMergeDocs());
         assertEquals(VALUE_GT_DEFAULT_INT,writer.getMaxFieldLength());
         assertEquals(VALUE_GT_DEFAULT_INT,writer.getMergeFactor());
         assertTrue(writer.getUseCompoundFile());
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
index a9ca92753cf..5a0ff071ba5 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ import java.util.Map.Entry;
   or enough added documents since the last flush, whichever
   is sooner.  For the added documents, flushing is triggered
   either by RAM usage of the documents (see {@link
-  #setRAMBufferSizeMB}) or the number of added documents
-  (this is the default; see {@link #setMaxBufferedDocs}).
-  For best indexing speed you should flush by RAM usage with
-  a large RAM buffer.  You can also force a flush by calling
+  #setRAMBufferSizeMB}) or the number of added documents.
+  The default is to flush when RAM usage hits 16 MB.  For
+  best indexing speed you should flush by RAM usage with a
+  large RAM buffer.  You can also force a flush by calling
   {@link #flush}.  When a flush occurs, both pending deletes
   and added documents are flushed to the index.  A flush may
   also trigger one or more segment merges which by default
-  run (blocking) with the current thread (see <a
-  href="#mergePolicy">below</a> for changing the {@link
-  MergeScheduler}).</p>
+  run with a background thread so as not to block the
+  addDocument calls (see <a href="#mergePolicy">below</a>
+  for changing the {@link MergeScheduler}).</p>
 
   <a name="autoCommit"></a>
   <p>The optional <code>autoCommit</code> argument to the
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ import java.util.Map.Entry;
   select which merges to do, if any, and return a {@link
   MergePolicy.MergeSpecification} describing the merges.  It
   also selects merges to do for optimize().  (The default is
-  {@link LogDocMergePolicy}.  Then, the {@link
+  {@link LogByteMergePolicy}.  Then, the {@link
   MergeScheduler} is invoked with the requested merges and
   it decides when and how to run the merges.  The default is
-  {@link SerialMergeScheduler}. </p>
+  {@link ConcurrentMergeScheduler}. </p>
 */
 
 /*
@@ -205,22 +205,16 @@ public class IndexWriter {
   public final static int DEFAULT_MERGE_FACTOR = LogMergePolicy.DEFAULT_MERGE_FACTOR;
 
   /**
-   * Default value is 10. Change using {@link #setMaxBufferedDocs(int)}.
+   * Default value is 0 (because IndexWriter flushes by RAM
+   * usage by default). Change using {@link #setMaxBufferedDocs(int)}.
    */
-
-  public final static int DEFAULT_MAX_BUFFERED_DOCS = 10;
-  /* new merge policy
   public final static int DEFAULT_MAX_BUFFERED_DOCS = 0;
-  */
 
   /**
-   * Default value is 0 MB (which means flush only by doc
-   * count).  Change using {@link #setRAMBufferSizeMB}.
+   * Default value is 16 MB (which means flush when buffered
+   * docs consume 16 MB RAM).  Change using {@link #setRAMBufferSizeMB}.
    */
-  public final static double DEFAULT_RAM_BUFFER_SIZE_MB = 0.0;
-  /* new merge policy
   public final static double DEFAULT_RAM_BUFFER_SIZE_MB = 16.0;
-  */
 
   /**
    * Default value is 1000. Change using {@link #setMaxBufferedDeleteTerms(int)}.
@@ -281,8 +275,8 @@ public class IndexWriter {
   // merges
   private HashSet mergingSegments = new HashSet();
 
-  private MergePolicy mergePolicy = new LogDocMergePolicy();
-  private MergeScheduler mergeScheduler = new SerialMergeScheduler();
+  private MergePolicy mergePolicy = new LogByteSizeMergePolicy();
+  private MergeScheduler mergeScheduler = new ConcurrentMergeScheduler();
   private LinkedList pendingMerges = new LinkedList();
   private Set runningMerges = new HashSet();
   private List mergeExceptions = new ArrayList();
@@ -1136,6 +1130,9 @@ public class IndexWriter {
         rollbackSegmentInfos = null;
       }
 
+      if (infoStream != null)
+        message("at close: " + segString());
+
       if (writeLock != null) {
         writeLock.release();                          // release write lock
         writeLock = null;
@@ -2252,7 +2249,7 @@ public class IndexWriter {
       // apply to more than just the last flushed segment
       boolean flushDeletes = docWriter.hasDeletes();
 
-      if (infoStream != null)
+      if (infoStream != null) {
         message("  flush: segment=" + docWriter.getSegment() +
                 " docStoreSegment=" + docWriter.getDocStoreSegment() +
                 " docStoreOffset=" + docWriter.getDocStoreOffset() +
@@ -2261,6 +2258,8 @@ public class IndexWriter {
                 " flushDocStores=" + flushDocStores +
                 " numDocs=" + numDocs +
                 " numBufDelTerms=" + docWriter.getNumBufferedDeleteTerms());
+        message("  index before flush " + segString());
+      }
 
       int docStoreOffset = docWriter.getDocStoreOffset();
       boolean docStoreIsCompoundFile = false;
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MergeScheduler.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MergeScheduler.java
index 244af432d15..336f9a95092 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MergeScheduler.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MergeScheduler.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 /** Expert: {@link IndexWriter} uses an instance
  *  implementing this interface to execute the merges
  *  selected by a {@link MergePolicy}.  The default
- *  MergeScheduler is {@link SerialMergeScheduler}. */
+ *  MergeScheduler is {@link ConcurrentMergeScheduler}. */
 
 public interface MergeScheduler {
 
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAddIndexesNoOptimize.java b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAddIndexesNoOptimize.java
index 53d94da52b2..38a031865c2 100755
--- a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAddIndexesNoOptimize.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAddIndexesNoOptimize.java
@@ -326,7 +326,9 @@ public class TestAddIndexesNoOptimize extends TestCase {
 
   private IndexWriter newWriter(Directory dir, boolean create)
       throws IOException {
-    return new IndexWriter(dir, new WhitespaceAnalyzer(), create);
+    final IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, new WhitespaceAnalyzer(), create);
+    writer.setMergePolicy(new LogDocMergePolicy());
+    return writer;
   }
 
   private void addDocs(IndexWriter writer, int numDocs) throws IOException {
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAtomicUpdate.java b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAtomicUpdate.java
index a1de0febd2a..c2a1d9b6107 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAtomicUpdate.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAtomicUpdate.java
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ public class TestAtomicUpdate extends TestCase {
       d.add(new Field("contents", English.intToEnglish(i), Field.Store.NO, Field.Index.TOKENIZED));
       writer.addDocument(d);
     }
+    writer.flush();
 
     IndexerThread indexerThread = new IndexerThread(writer, threads);
     threads[0] = indexerThread;
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestConcurrentMergeScheduler.java b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestConcurrentMergeScheduler.java
index 352c88d467d..1c8c0721ee4 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestConcurrentMergeScheduler.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestConcurrentMergeScheduler.java
@@ -113,10 +113,13 @@ public class TestConcurrentMergeScheduler extends TestCase {
     ConcurrentMergeScheduler cms = new ConcurrentMergeScheduler();
     writer.setMergeScheduler(cms);
 
+    LogDocMergePolicy mp = new LogDocMergePolicy();
+    writer.setMergePolicy(mp);
+
     // Force degenerate merging so we can get a mix of
     // merging of segments with and without deletes at the
     // start:
-    ((LogDocMergePolicy) writer.getMergePolicy()).setMinMergeDocs(1000);
+    mp.setMinMergeDocs(1000);
 
     Document doc = new Document();
     Field idField = new Field("id", "", Field.Store.YES, Field.Index.UN_TOKENIZED);
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexModifier.java b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexModifier.java
index ed87bde1036..cc61c9e0dd0 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexModifier.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexModifier.java
@@ -75,10 +75,7 @@ public class TestIndexModifier extends TestCase {
     //  Lucene defaults:
     assertNull(i.getInfoStream());
     assertTrue(i.getUseCompoundFile());
-    /* new merge policy
     assertEquals(0, i.getMaxBufferedDocs());
-    */
-    assertEquals(10, i.getMaxBufferedDocs());
     assertEquals(10000, i.getMaxFieldLength());
     assertEquals(10, i.getMergeFactor());
     // test setting properties:
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexWriterMergePolicy.java b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexWriterMergePolicy.java
index 74e9099a2be..10c35ac2192 100755
--- a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexWriterMergePolicy.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexWriterMergePolicy.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class TestIndexWriterMergePolicy extends TestCase {
     IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, new WhitespaceAnalyzer(), true);
     writer.setMaxBufferedDocs(10);
     writer.setMergeFactor(10);
+    writer.setMergePolicy(new LogDocMergePolicy());
 
     for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
       addDoc(writer);
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ public class TestIndexWriterMergePolicy extends TestCase {
     IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, new WhitespaceAnalyzer(), true);
     writer.setMaxBufferedDocs(10);
     writer.setMergeFactor(10);
+    writer.setMergePolicy(new LogDocMergePolicy());
 
     boolean noOverMerge = false;
     for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
@@ -74,19 +76,18 @@ public class TestIndexWriterMergePolicy extends TestCase {
     IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, new WhitespaceAnalyzer(), true);
     writer.setMaxBufferedDocs(10);
     writer.setMergeFactor(10);
-    MergePolicy mp = writer.getMergePolicy();
-    if (mp instanceof LogDocMergePolicy)
-      ((LogDocMergePolicy) mp).setMinMergeDocs(100);
+    LogDocMergePolicy mp = new LogDocMergePolicy();
+    mp.setMinMergeDocs(100);
+    writer.setMergePolicy(mp);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
       addDoc(writer);
       writer.close();
 
       writer = new IndexWriter(dir, new WhitespaceAnalyzer(), false);
-      mp = writer.getMergePolicy();
       writer.setMaxBufferedDocs(10);
-      if (mp instanceof LogDocMergePolicy)
-        ((LogDocMergePolicy) mp).setMinMergeDocs(100);
+      writer.setMergePolicy(mp);
+      mp.setMinMergeDocs(100);
       writer.setMergeFactor(10);
       checkInvariants(writer);
     }
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ public class TestIndexWriterMergePolicy extends TestCase {
     IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, new WhitespaceAnalyzer(), true);
     writer.setMaxBufferedDocs(10);
     writer.setMergeFactor(100);
+    writer.setMergePolicy(new LogDocMergePolicy());
 
     for (int i = 0; i < 250; i++) {
       addDoc(writer);
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ public class TestIndexWriterMergePolicy extends TestCase {
     IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, new WhitespaceAnalyzer(), true);
     writer.setMaxBufferedDocs(101);
     writer.setMergeFactor(101);
+    writer.setMergePolicy(new LogDocMergePolicy());
 
     // leftmost* segment has 1 doc
     // rightmost* segment has 100 docs
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ public class TestIndexWriterMergePolicy extends TestCase {
       writer = new IndexWriter(dir, new WhitespaceAnalyzer(), false);
       writer.setMaxBufferedDocs(101);
       writer.setMergeFactor(101);
+      writer.setMergePolicy(new LogDocMergePolicy());
     }
 
     writer.setMaxBufferedDocs(10);
@@ -164,6 +168,7 @@ public class TestIndexWriterMergePolicy extends TestCase {
     Directory dir = new RAMDirectory();
 
     IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, new WhitespaceAnalyzer(), true);
+    writer.setMergePolicy(new LogDocMergePolicy());
     writer.setMaxBufferedDocs(10);
     writer.setMergeFactor(100);
 
@@ -178,6 +183,7 @@ public class TestIndexWriterMergePolicy extends TestCase {
     reader.close();
 
     writer = new IndexWriter(dir, new WhitespaceAnalyzer(), false);
+    writer.setMergePolicy(new LogDocMergePolicy());
     writer.setMaxBufferedDocs(10);
     writer.setMergeFactor(5);