# GetResponse.getField deprecation in Java API
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getresponse-getfield-deprecation-in-java-api/68373
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 7, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getresponse-getfield-deprecation-in-java-api/68373 "2016-12-07T22:15:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Fabrizio\_Fortino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fabrizio_Fortino)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getresponse-getfield-deprecation-in-java-api/68373/1 "2016-12-07T22:15:16Z")
With Elasticsearch 5.x the method `GetResponse.getField()` has been deprecated.
The javadoc suggests to use `getSource()` instead but I don't think this is enough.
Let's say I have a bunch of fields stored and other fields not stored. If I want to read just the stored fields without the entire source I can use `FetchSourceContext.DO_NOT_FETCH_SOURCE` specifying the stored fields to return.
In this case `GetResponse.getField()` is needed to extract the fields' values. Why this method has been deprecated. Is there another way to retrieve just the stored fields without loading the entire source?
Cheers!
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getresponse-getfield-deprecation-in-java-api/68373/2 "2016-12-07T22:38:26Z")
The same exact question has been raised some days ago.
`@Deprecated` will be removed on this method.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getresponse-getfield-deprecation-in-java-api/68373/3 "2017-01-04T22:38:42Z")
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