Does Groovy client support 'explain', and 'from / size'?

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1

Hi,

I can't get the Groovy client to accept the 'explain' or 'from / size'
parameters. I get an error:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Array elements must be defined
with the "element" method call eg: element(value)
at
org.elasticsearch.groovy.common.xcontent.GXContentBuilder.invokeMethod(GXContentBuilder.groovy:
122)
.
.
.

Here is my Groovy code (running under Grails):

def search = esClient.search {
indices "things"
types "things"
source {
explain "true"
query {
query_string (
query : "this AND that"
)
}
}
}

I tried many variations (before 'source', without quotes around true,
etc.) but can't get it to work.

Regards,
Mike

2

Yea, it does. The logic for the builder is taken from grails JSONBuilder:
https://github.com/grails/grails-core/blob/master/src/java/grails/web/JSONBuilder.groovy.
To be honest, I am not a groovy expert to tell you why sometimes you need to
add = signs and sometimes you don't (or really, have not looked too deeply
into it), but, it seems like, in this case, you do. So, here is how it would
work:

def search = esClient.search {
indices "things"
types "things"
source {
explain = true
query {
query_string (
query : "this AND that"
)
}
}

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 7:35 AM, mbro mike.brocious@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

I can't get the Groovy client to accept the 'explain' or 'from / size'
parameters. I get an error:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Array elements must be defined
with the "element" method call eg: element(value)
at

org.elasticsearch.groovy.common.xcontent.GXContentBuilder.invokeMethod(GXContentBuilder.groovy:
122)
.
.
.

Here is my Groovy code (running under Grails):

def search = esClient.search {
indices "things"
types "things"
source {
explain "true"
query {
query_string (
query : "this AND that"
)
}
}
}

I tried many variations (before 'source', without quotes around true,
etc.) but can't get it to work.

Regards,
Mike

3

Thanks, Shay. That did the trick.

Wish I understood the Groovy syntax a little better myself...

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Shay Banon shay.banon@elasticsearch.comwrote:

Yea, it does. The logic for the builder is taken from grails JSONBuilder:
https://github.com/grails/grails-core/blob/master/src/java/grails/web/JSONBuilder.groovy.
To be honest, I am not a groovy expert to tell you why sometimes you need to
add = signs and sometimes you don't (or really, have not looked too deeply
into it), but, it seems like, in this case, you do. So, here is how it would
work:

def search = esClient.search {
indices "things"
types "things"
source {
explain = true
query {
query_string (
query : "this AND that"
)
}
}

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 7:35 AM, mbro mike.brocious@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

I can't get the Groovy client to accept the 'explain' or 'from / size'
parameters. I get an error:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Array elements must be defined
with the "element" method call eg: element(value)
at

org.elasticsearch.groovy.common.xcontent.GXContentBuilder.invokeMethod(GXContentBuilder.groovy:
122)
.
.
.

Here is my Groovy code (running under Grails):

def search = esClient.search {
indices "things"
types "things"
source {
explain "true"
query {
query_string (
query : "this AND that"
)
}
}
}

I tried many variations (before 'source', without quotes around true,
etc.) but can't get it to work.

Regards,
Mike