# Match query with "operator":"and" via the Java API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query-with-operator-and-via-the-java-api/67863>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 2, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query-with-operator-and-via-the-java-api/67863 "2016-12-02T13:54:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query-with-operator-and-via-the-java-api/67863/2 "2016-12-02T14:30:27Z")

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> [@jenamon](#):
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> What am I missing?

You are two major versions behind what is released so this is all fairly historic to me. It looks like operator is inside of `MatchQueryBuilder` in that version. So something like `import org.elasticsearch.index.queryMatchQueryBuilder.Operator` is the way to go I think.

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