checkResponse.req = new LocalSolrQueryRequest(ultimateResponse.req.getCore(), params);
checkResponse.rsp = new SolrQueryResponse();
try {
queryComponent.prepare(checkResponse);
queryComponent.process(checkResponse);
hits = (Integer) checkResponse.rsp.getToLog().get("hits");
} catch (Exception e) {
LOG.warn("Exception trying to re-query to check if a spell check possibility would return any hits.", e);
} finally {
checkResponse.req.close();