// (b) Waiting for the single guard to become satisfied.
    // (c) Occupying the monitor and awaiting the tearDownLatch.
    //
    // Except for (c), every thread should occupy the monitor very briefly, and every thread leaves
    // the monitor with the guard satisfied. Therefore as soon as tearDownLatch is triggered, we
    // should be able to enter the monitor, and then we set the guard to satisfied for the benefit

        final FessConfig fessConfig = ComponentUtil.getFessConfig();
        final int rankConstant = fessConfig.getRankFusionRankConstantAsInteger();
        // Guard against division by zero (should not happen due to caller checks, but defensive)
        if (searchers.length == 0) {
            logger.warn("searchWithMultipleSearchers called with empty searcher array");