You can use the following code fragment:
String content = "{\"query\":{\"match_all\":{}}}";
SearchSourceBuilder searchSourceBuilder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
SearchModule searchModule = new SearchModule(Settings.EMPTY, false, Collections.emptyList());
try (XContentParser parser = XContentFactory.xContent(content).createParser(content)) {
QueryParseContext context = new QueryParseContext(searchModule.getQueryParserRegistry(), parser,
new ParseFieldMatcher(true));
searchSourceBuilder.parseXContent(context, searchModule.getAggregatorParsers(),
searchModule.getSuggesters(), searchModule.getSearchExtRegistry());
}
SearchRequestBuilder searchRequestBuilder = new SearchRequestBuilder(client(), SearchAction.INSTANCE);
SearchResponse searchResponse = searchRequestBuilder.setSource(searchSourceBuilder)
.execute().actionGet();