# How to update multiple type in JAVA API?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-multiple-type-in-java-api/29289>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 15, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-multiple-type-in-java-api/29289 "2015-09-15T02:46:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kikuchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@kikuchan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kikuchan)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-multiple-type-in-java-api/29289/1 "2015-09-15T02:46:29Z")

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Hello

I'd like to update multiple type in JAVA API.

I created the following method.

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## public void update(String index, String type, String, id, List\< String\> fieldList, List\< String\> valueList) { UpdateRequest updateRequest = new UpdateRequest(index, type, id) for(int i = 0; i \< fieldList.size(); ++i) { String field = fieldList.get(i); String value = valueList.get(i); updateRequest.doc(jsonBuilder().startObject() .field(field, value).endObject()); } client.update(updateRequest).get(); }

and I used this method like following code.

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List\< String\> fieldList = new ArrayList\< String\>();  
List\< String\> valueList = new valueList\< String\>();

fieldList.add("user");  
valueList.add("John");  
fieldList.add("Message");  
valueList.add("updating");

classname.update("index","type","id",fieldList,valueList);

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but, it only update "Message".

I'd like to update "user" and "Message";

How to update multiple type in JAVA API?

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**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:** [September 15, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-multiple-type-in-java-api/29289/2 "2015-09-15T06:28:12Z")

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I would do something like:

```java
XContentBuilder builder = jsonBuilder().startObject();

for(int i = 0; i < fieldList.size(); ++i) {
  builder.field(fieldList.get(i), valueList.get(i));
}

UpdateRequest updateRequest = new UpdateRequest(index, type, id).doc(builder.endObject());
client.update(updateRequest).get();

```

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**Author:** ![kikuchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@kikuchan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kikuchan)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-multiple-type-in-java-api/29289/3 "2015-09-16T01:29:35Z")

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thanks for helping me.  
I'm trying to do it!!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-multiple-type-in-java-api/29289/4 "2017-07-05T23:50:11Z")

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