# JAVA API for FACETS

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-for-facets/6095>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 8, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-for-facets/6095 "2011-12-08T00:45:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![SamElasticSearch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@SamElasticSearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SamElasticSearch)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-for-facets/6095/1 "2011-12-08T00:45:42Z")

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Is Facets the way to get the total number of hits per data? If so then do we have an example to implementing facets with JAVA API? All I need is a count on the terms.  
Thanks

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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 6, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-for-facets/6095/2 "2017-07-06T03:46:03Z")

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