I concur and have just modified QueryParser to throw a ParseException instead when a TooManyClauses exception is thrown.
When using a prefix or wildcard query (where this is most likely to occur) I don't think TooManyClauses is thrown under the parser, but rather when searching, as the query isn't rewritten until it's executed.
Doug
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