# Java API - is FilterBuilders removed on es5.2?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-is-filterbuilders-removed-on-es5-2/79575>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 22, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-is-filterbuilders-removed-on-es5-2/79575 "2017-03-22T11:26:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![idanhagai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/idanhagai/32/16175_2.png) [@idanhagai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/idanhagai)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-is-filterbuilders-removed-on-es5-2/79575/1 "2017-03-22T11:26:53Z")

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If yes, what's the alternative ?

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**Author:** ![colings86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/colings86/32/44960_2.png) [@colings86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colings86)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-is-filterbuilders-removed-on-es5-2/79575/2 "2017-03-22T11:55:27Z")

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Yes. Filters and Queries were merged in 2.0 (see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.0/breaking\_20\_query\_dsl\_changes.html#\_queries\_and\_filters\_merged](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.0/breaking_20_query_dsl_changes.html#_queries_and_filters_merged)) so you can now use `QueryBuilders` instead. Whether your query query runs as a query (calculates scores) or a filter (simple match or no match) is determined based on whether the context in which the query is defined is a query context or a filter context as the link explains.

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**Author:** ![idanhagai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/idanhagai/32/16175_2.png) [@idanhagai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/idanhagai)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-is-filterbuilders-removed-on-es5-2/79575/3 "2017-03-22T15:04:05Z")

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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:** [April 19, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-is-filterbuilders-removed-on-es5-2/79575/4 "2017-04-19T15:04:05Z")

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