# Java boolean query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-boolean-query/48320>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 25, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-boolean-query/48320 "2016-04-25T13:11:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cterron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@cterron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cterron)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-boolean-query/48320/1 "2016-04-25T13:11:44Z")

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Hi  
I'm working with a Java query like this

> List queries = new ArrayList\<\>();  
> I want to pass all the queries to build a query with several must clauses. Is it possible to pass the queries like this  
> queryBuilder = QueryBuilders.boolQuery().must(queries);

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**Author:** ![cbuescher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cbuescher/32/60402_2.png) [@cbuescher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbuescher)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-boolean-query/48320/2 "2016-04-25T13:20:21Z")

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The `BoolQueryBuilder#must()` method only accepts a single query, but you can chain them together, wither manually like `boolQueryBuilder.must(query1).must(query2)...` or add all your queries in a loop.

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**Author:** ![cterron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@cterron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cterron)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-boolean-query/48320/3 "2016-04-25T13:26:50Z")

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Hi

Yes, I've seen how to do it:

```auto
BoolQueryBuilder queryBuilder = QueryBuilders.boolQuery();
 filterterms.entrySet()
                .stream()
                .forEach(p -> queryBuilder.must(QueryBuilders.termQuery(p.getKey(), p.getValue())));

```

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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, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-boolean-query/48320/4 "2017-07-05T22:56:28Z")

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