delimiters = settings.get("delimiters", NGramSynonymTokenizer.DEFAULT_DELIMITERS);
        expand = settings.getAsBoolean("expand", true);

        settings.getAsBoolean("expand_ngram", false); // TODO remove

        synonymLoader = new SynonymLoader(env, settings, expand, SynonymLoader.getAnalyzer(ignoreCase));
        if (synonymLoader.getSynonymMap() == null) {

    private final Settings settings;

    private final boolean expand;

    private long reloadInterval = 0;

    private final Environment env;

    private volatile long lastModified;

    private volatile long lastChecked;

    private volatile SynonymMap synonymMap;

    public SynonymLoader(final Environment env, final Settings settings, final boolean expand, final Analyzer analyzer) {
        this.env = env;