# Semantic Search in Java

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/semantic-search-in-java/372141
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 18, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/semantic-search-in-java/372141 "2024-12-18T07:18:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![erkosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/erkosh/32/140124_2.png) [@erkosh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erkosh)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/semantic-search-in-java/372141/1 "2024-12-18T07:18:18Z")

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I want to add a semantic search feature to my project but cannot find a good method. I tried using ELSER, but the libraries are deprecated. Is there any way to add semantic search in Java Spring?

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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: [December 18, 2024, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/semantic-search-in-java/372141/2 "2024-12-18T09:09:15Z")

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Welcome!

May be share a bit of what you tried so far?

Otherwise, please have a look at this great post by @ltrotta:

> **[RAG made easy with Spring AI + Elasticsearch - Elasticsearch Labs](https://www.elastic.co/search-labs/blog/java-rag-spring-ai-es)**
>
> Customizing your AI chatbot experience with private data