# How to construct a boolquery dynamically in java api? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 1, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-a-boolquery-dynamically-in-java-api/11396 "2013-04-01T11:26:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jingang\_Wang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@Jingang\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jingang_Wang)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-a-boolquery-dynamically-in-java-api/11396/1 "2013-04-01T11:26:26Z")
Hi there, In my program, I generated a list of termQuery dynamically and I want to combine them into a boolquery. How could I implement it in java api? Thanks. By the way, I want to accomplish the fuction as follows: QueryBuilder qb = QueryBuilders .boolQuery() .must(matchPhraseQuery("body", "some text")) .should(termQuery1) .should(termQuery2) ..... .should(termQueryN); -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Jingang\_Wang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@Jingang\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jingang_Wang)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-a-boolquery-dynamically-in-java-api/11396/2 "2013-04-01T11:56:35Z")
more specifically, I want to accomplish the following lucene code in ES. BooleanQuery booleanQuery = new BooleanQuery(); booleanQuery.add(query1, BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD); booleanQuery.add(query2, BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD); On Monday, April 1, 2013 7:26:26 PM UTC+8, Jingang Wang wrote: > Hi there, > > In my program, I generated a list of termQuery dynamically and I want to > combine them into a boolquery. How could I implement it in java api? Thanks. > By the way, I want to accomplish the fuction as follows: > > QueryBuilder qb = QueryBuilders > .boolQuery() > .must(matchPhraseQuery("body", "some text")) > .should(termQuery1) > .should(termQuery2) > ..... > .should(termQueryN); -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![mkleen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mkleen/32/1694_2.png) [@mkleen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mkleen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-a-boolquery-dynamically-in-java-api/11396/3 "2013-04-01T18:13:23Z")
Hi Jingang, In Elasticsearch, queries are built using the QueryBuilder interface, so you are on the right track: QueryBuilder finalQuery = org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.boolQuery().should(query1).should(query2) Michael On Monday, April 1, 2013 1:56:35 PM UTC+2, Jingang Wang wrote: > more specifically, I want to accomplish the following lucene code in ES. > > BooleanQuery booleanQuery = new BooleanQuery(); > booleanQuery.add(query1, BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD); > booleanQuery.add(query2, BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD); -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-a-boolquery-dynamically-in-java-api/11396/4 "2013-04-01T18:46:46Z")
I just add a link to this: [Elasticsearch Platform โ€” Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/java-api/query-dsl-queries/) -- David ๐Ÿ˜‰ Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 1 avr. 2013 ร  20:13, mkleen [mkleen@gmail.com](mailto:mkleen@gmail.com) a รฉcrit : > Hi Jingang, > > In Elasticsearch, queries are built using the QueryBuilder interface, so you are on the right track: > QueryBuilder finalQuery = org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.boolQuery().should(query1).should(query2) > > Michael > > On Monday, April 1, 2013 1:56:35 PM UTC+2, Jingang Wang wrote: > > > more specifically, I want to accomplish the following lucene code in ES. > > BooleanQuery booleanQuery = new BooleanQuery(); > > booleanQuery.add(query1, BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD); > > booleanQuery.add(query2, BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD); > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![mkleen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mkleen/32/1694_2.png) [@mkleen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mkleen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-a-boolquery-dynamically-in-java-api/11396/5 "2013-04-01T19:05:28Z")
Hi David, new documentation is excellent, though not so sure about the new design. Maybe i just need to get used to it ๐Ÿ™‚ Michael On Monday, April 1, 2013 8:46:46 PM UTC+2, David Pilato wrote: > I just add a link to this: > [Elasticsearch Platform โ€” Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/java-api/query-dsl-queries/) > > -- > David ๐Ÿ˜‰ > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Jingang\_Wang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@Jingang\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jingang_Wang)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-a-boolquery-dynamically-in-java-api/11396/6 "2013-04-02T10:02:45Z")
Hi Michael, Thanks for your reply, it's helpful. At last, I accomplish the purpose as follows: BoolQueryBuilder qb = QueryBuilders .boolQuery() .must(matchPhraseQuery("body", โ€œtextโ€)); then in every loop: qb.should(termQuery(termQuery1)); On Tuesday, April 2, 2013 2:13:23 AM UTC+8, mkleen wrote: > Hi Jingang, > > In Elasticsearch, queries are built using the QueryBuilder interface, so > you are on the right track: > QueryBuilder finalQuery = > org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.boolQuery().should(query1).should(query2) > > Michael > > On Monday, April 1, 2013 1:56:35 PM UTC+2, Jingang Wang wrote: > > > more specifically, I want to accomplish the following lucene code in ES. > > > > BooleanQuery booleanQuery = new BooleanQuery(); > > booleanQuery.add(query1, BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD); > > booleanQuery.add(query2, BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD); -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-a-boolquery-dynamically-in-java-api/11396/7 "2017-07-06T02:43:16Z")