# Java Query Builders Query is Too Verbose

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-query-builders-query-is-too-verbose/122906
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 7, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-query-builders-query-is-too-verbose/122906 "2018-03-07T15:10:20Z")
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### Author: ![Jeffrey\_Blayney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_Blayney](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jeffrey_Blayney)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-query-builders-query-is-too-verbose/122906/1 "2018-03-07T15:10:20Z")

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Hello,

I'd like the boost values and other defaults defined in my templates to be used.

Unfortunately, the boost values and possibly others are not being utilized from the templates because the default queries that are built provide a lot of output. For example:

MatchQueryBuilder someMatchQuery = QueryBuilders.matchQuery("someField", "field contains hello");  
logger.log(someMatchQuery.toString());

```
                "match" : {
                  "someField" : {
                    "query" : "field contains hello",
                    "operator" : "OR",
                    "prefix_length" : 0,
                    "max_expansions" : 50,
                    "fuzzy_transpositions" : true,
                    "lenient" : false,
                    "zero_terms_query" : "NONE",
                    "boost" : 1.0
                  }
                }

```

Ideally, building queries in java should work like building queries in json, they only populate fields that I've explicitly set. Now I cannot set a boost in a template in ES, I have to change the code and re-deploy.

Any help, discussion or fixes would be appreciated!

Thanks!

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### Author: ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-query-builders-query-is-too-verbose/122906/2 "2018-03-07T15:46:00Z")

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You mean search template, right?

If so, could you share your fullcode ?

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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 4, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-query-builders-query-is-too-verbose/122906/3 "2018-04-04T15:46:07Z")

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