# Indexing docs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-docs/230416>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 29, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-docs/230416 "2020-04-29T17:57:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kovi\_Diament](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kovi_diament/32/55148_2.png) [@Kovi\_Diament](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kovi_Diament)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-docs/230416/1 "2020-04-29T17:57:46Z")

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Hi,  
Im trying to start reading through and understanding the elasticsearch java source code. I'm trying to figure out how the indices the search engine uses are stored, how the words and which documents they are in are stored, etc. which classes should I be looking at?

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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:** [May 27, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-docs/230416/2 "2020-05-27T17:57:57Z")

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