# No handler for type \[geo\_shape\] declared on field \[mapped\_geo\_shape\] in AbstractQueryTestCase

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-handler-for-type-geo-shape-declared-on-field-mapped-geo-shape-in-abstractquerytestcase/87189>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 25, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-handler-for-type-geo-shape-declared-on-field-mapped-geo-shape-in-abstractquerytestcase/87189 "2017-05-25T23:13:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ilya\_Anisimov1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ilya_anisimov1/32/18523_2.png) [@Ilya\_Anisimov1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ilya_Anisimov1)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-handler-for-type-geo-shape-declared-on-field-mapped-geo-shape-in-abstractquerytestcase/87189/1 "2017-05-25T23:13:02Z")

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Hi guys,

ElasticSearch 5.4  
I'm writing a test for my CustomQueryBuilder. My test extends AbstractQueryTestCase. When it's executed I see 9 tests (defined in AbstractQueryTestCase) fail with the error below.

No custom code executed yet but tests already fail. I suspect it's some sort of missconfiguration

ANY ideas on why it's happening and how to fix it ARE appreciated.

**MapperParsingException[Failed to parse mapping [Ntxsvu]: No handler for type [geo\_shape] declared on field [mapped\_geo\_shape]]; nested: MapperParsingException[No handler for type [geo\_shape] declared on field [mapped\_geo\_shape]];**  
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService.internalMerge(MapperService.java:330)  
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService.merge(MapperService.java:266)  
at org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractQueryTestCase$ServiceHolder.(AbstractQueryTestCase.java:1061)  
at org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractQueryTestCase.beforeTest(AbstractQueryTestCase.java:209)  
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor18.invoke(Unknown Source)  
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)  
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner.invoke(RandomizedRunner.java:1713)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner$9.evaluate(RandomizedRunner.java:941)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner$10.evaluate(RandomizedRunner.java:957)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)  
at org.apache.lucene.util.TestRuleSetupTeardownChained$1.evaluate(TestRuleSetupTeardownChained.java:49)  
at org.apache.lucene.util.AbstractBeforeAfterRule$1.evaluate(AbstractBeforeAfterRule.java:45)  
at org.apache.lucene.util.TestRuleThreadAndTestName$1.evaluate(TestRuleThreadAndTestName.java:48)  
at org.apache.lucene.util.TestRuleIgnoreAfterMaxFailures$1.evaluate(TestRuleIgnoreAfterMaxFailures.java:64)  
at org.apache.lucene.util.TestRuleMarkFailure$1.evaluate(TestRuleMarkFailure.java:47)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.ThreadLeakControl$StatementRunner.run(ThreadLeakControl.java:368)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.ThreadLeakControl.forkTimeoutingTask(ThreadLeakControl.java:817)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.ThreadLeakControl$3.evaluate(ThreadLeakControl.java:468)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner.runSingleTest(RandomizedRunner.java:916)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner$5.evaluate(RandomizedRunner.java:802)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner$6.evaluate(RandomizedRunner.java:852)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner$7.evaluate(RandomizedRunner.java:863)  
at org.apache.lucene.util.AbstractBeforeAfterRule$1.evaluate(AbstractBeforeAfterRule.java:45)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)  
at org.apache.lucene.util.TestRuleStoreClassName$1.evaluate(TestRuleStoreClassName.java:41)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.NoShadowingOrOverridesOnMethodsRule$1.evaluate(NoShadowingOrOverridesOnMethodsRule.java:40)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.NoShadowingOrOverridesOnMethodsRule$1.evaluate(NoShadowingOrOverridesOnMethodsRule.java:40)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)  
at org.apache.lucene.util.TestRuleAssertionsRequired$1.evaluate(TestRuleAssertionsRequired.java:53)  
at org.apache.lucene.util.TestRuleMarkFailure$1.evaluate(TestRuleMarkFailure.java:47)  
at org.apache.lucene.util.TestRuleIgnoreAfterMaxFailures$1.evaluate(TestRuleIgnoreAfterMaxFailures.java:64)  
at org.apache.lucene.util.TestRuleIgnoreTestSuites$1.evaluate(TestRuleIgnoreTestSuites.java:54)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)  
at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.ThreadLeakControl$StatementRunner.run(ThreadLeakControl.java:368)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)  
**Caused by: MapperParsingException[No handler for type [geo\_shape] declared on field [mapped\_geo\_shape]]**  
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.ObjectMapper$TypeParser.parseProperties(ObjectMapper.java:273)  
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.ObjectMapper$TypeParser.parseObjectOrDocumentTypeProperties(ObjectMapper.java:199)  
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.RootObjectMapper$TypeParser.parse(RootObjectMapper.java:102)  
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapperParser.parse(DocumentMapperParser.java:111)  
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapperParser.parse(DocumentMapperParser.java:91)  
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService.internalMerge(MapperService.java:327)  
... 38 more

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**Author:** ![renekrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@renekrie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/renekrie)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-handler-for-type-geo-shape-declared-on-field-mapped-geo-shape-in-abstractquerytestcase/87189/2 "2017-06-04T22:08:38Z")

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Adding the jts and spatial4j dependencies did the trick for me:

```
   <dependency>
            <groupId>com.vividsolutions</groupId>
            <artifactId>jts</artifactId>
            <version>1.13</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <dependency> 
            <groupId>org.locationtech.spatial4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>spatial4j</artifactId>
            <version>0.6</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
```

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**Author:** ![Ilya\_Anisimov1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ilya_anisimov1/32/18523_2.png) [@Ilya\_Anisimov1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ilya_Anisimov1)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-handler-for-type-geo-shape-declared-on-field-mapped-geo-shape-in-abstractquerytestcase/87189/3 "2017-06-05T16:23:02Z")

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@renekrie that did the trick for me too ! Thank you for sharing it!

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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 3, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-handler-for-type-geo-shape-declared-on-field-mapped-geo-shape-in-abstractquerytestcase/87189/4 "2017-07-03T16:23:33Z")

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