Thanks for the clarification. I was concentrating on the addMapping
call in CreateIndexRequestBuilder and I couldn't figure out how to
create a CreateIndexRequestBuilder from an IndexRequestBuilder. Did
not scroll down to the putMapping method. 
In the end, I found the method of using files for built-in custom
mappings. This solution is even better since I can create my own roll
out with the mapping files included and skip the explicit put mapping
call on bootstrap. Awesome! However, before that I was struggling
with the REST API. Putting a mapping to the _all index had no effect
on future indexing requests. You cannot put a mapping on an index
that does not exist and an attempt to put a mapping after indexing
returned the error:
{"error":"Merge failed with failures {[mapper [value] has different
index values, mapper [value] has different store values, mapper
[value] has different index_analyzer, mapper [value] has different
search_analyzer]}"}
Built-in custom mappings work perfectly, but I was wondering, for
future reference, how to get around the chicken-and-the-egg problem
above?
Cheers,
Ivan
On Nov 15, 5:47 pm, Shay Banon shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com wrote:
There is the putMapping API in the client#admin#indices.
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Ivan Brusic ivan_bru...@yahoo.com wrote:
BTW, I found the answer to my last question in the docs. For those
interested, yes you can use _all.On Nov 15, 3:21 pm, Ivan Brusic ivan_bru...@yahoo.com wrote:
Perhaps I am missing something fundamental, but I cannot figure out
how to add a mapping via the Java API. I can index and query
documents, but I do not see the relevant methods in the client
interface. You have prepareIndex, prepareSearch, prepareBulk, etc..,
but I do not know which is applicable for mapping.There is always the REST API, but I prefer to keep things in code for
version control purposes. I can rollout a new version of the server
and not have to remember to update the mappings.If I must use the REST API, can I create a mapping at the type level
(regardless of index)?curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/_all/mytype/_mapping'-d'
{
"mytype" : {
"properties" : {
"value" : {"type" : "string", "store" : "yes", "index" :
"not_analyzed"}
}
}}'