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Verbatim and Strict Query Usage
editVerbatim and Strict Query Usage
editNEST has the concept of conditionless queries; if the input to a query is determined to be empty, for example,
null
or ""
for a string input, then the query will not be serialized and sent to Elasticsearch. If a conditionless
query is part of a compound query then the query will not be part of the json query dsl sent to Elasticsearch.
Conditionless behavior can be controlled on individual queries by using Strict and Verbatim queries
- Strict
- Individual queries can be marked as strict meaning that if they are conditionless, an exception is thrown. This is useful for when a query must have an input value.
- Verbatim
- Individual queries can be marked as verbatim meaning that the query should be sent to Elasticsearch as is, even if it is conditionless.
Verbatim query usage
editIsVerbatim
should be set on individual queries to take effect
Fluent DSL example
editq .Bool(b => b .Must(qt => qt .Term(t => t .Verbatim() .Field(p => p.Description) .Value("") ), qt => qt .Term(t => t .Field(p => p.Name) .Value("foo") ) ) )
Object Initializer syntax example
editnew TermQuery { IsVerbatim = true, Field = "description", Value = "" } && new TermQuery { Field = "name", Value = "foo" }
Example json output.
{ "bool": { "must": [ { "term": { "description": { "value": "" } } }, { "term": { "name": { "value": "foo" } } } ] } }
Non-Cascading Strict Outer Queries
editSetting IsStrict
on the outer query container does not cascade
Fluent DSL example
editq .Strict() .Bool(b => b .Must(qt => qt .Term(t => t .Field(p => p.Description) .Value("") ), qt => qt .Term(t => t .Field(p => p.Name) .Value("foo") ) ) )
Object Initializer syntax example
editIQueryContainer query = new QueryContainer(new BoolQuery { Must = new List<QueryContainer> { new TermQuery { Field = "description", Value = "" }, new TermQuery { Field = "name", Value = "foo" } } }); query.IsStrict = true; return (QueryContainer)query;
Example json output.
{ "bool": { "must": [ { "term": { "name": { "value": "foo" } } } ] } }
Non-Cascading Verbatim Outer Queries
editSetting IsVerbatim
on the outer query container does not cascade
Fluent DSL example
editq .Verbatim() .Bool(b => b .Must(qt => qt .Term(t => t .Field(p => p.Description) .Value("") ), qt => qt .Term(t => t .Field(p => p.Name) .Value("foo") ) ) )
Object Initializer syntax example
editIQueryContainer query = new QueryContainer(new BoolQuery { Must = new List<QueryContainer> { new TermQuery { Field = "description", Value = "" }, new TermQuery { Field = "name", Value = "foo" } } }); query.IsVerbatim = true; return (QueryContainer)query;
Example json output.
{ "bool": { "must": [ { "term": { "name": { "value": "foo" } } } ] } }
A compound query can also be marked as verbatim, demonstrated here with a bool
query.
Fluent DSL example
editq .Bool(b => b .Verbatim() )
Object Initializer syntax example
editnew BoolQuery { IsVerbatim = true, }
Example json output.
{ "bool": {} }
A single verbatim query will be serialized as-is
Fluent DSL example
editq .Term(t => t .Verbatim() .Field(p => p.Description) .Value("") )
Object Initializer syntax example
editnew TermQuery { IsVerbatim = true, Field = "description", Value = "" }
Example json output.
{ "term": { "description": { "value": "" } } }
Leaf queries within a compound query marked as verbatim will also be serialized as-is
Fluent DSL example
editq .Bool(b => b .Filter(f => !f .Term(t => t .Verbatim() .Field(p => p.Name) .Value("") ) && f .Exists(e => e .Field(p => p.NumberOfCommits) ) ) )
Object Initializer syntax example
editnew BoolQuery { Filter = new QueryContainer[] { !new TermQuery { IsVerbatim = true, Field = "name", Value = "" } && new ExistsQuery { Field = "numberOfCommits" } } }
Example json output.
{ "bool": { "filter": [ { "bool": { "must": [ { "exists": { "field": "numberOfCommits" } } ], "must_not": [ { "term": { "name": { "value": "" } } } ] } } ] } }
Strict Query Usage
editA query can be marked as strict meaning that if it is determined to be conditionless, it will throw an
exception. The following example demonstrates this by trying to send an empty string as the value for
a term
query marked as strict