Class FieldAliasMapper

java.lang.Object
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.Mapper
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.FieldAliasMapper
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.lang.Iterable<Mapper>, ToXContent, ToXContentFragment

public final class FieldAliasMapper
extends Mapper
A mapper for field aliases. A field alias has no concrete field mappings of its own, but instead points to another field by its path. Once defined, an alias can be used in place of the concrete field name in search requests.
  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • FieldAliasMapper

      public FieldAliasMapper​(java.lang.String simpleName, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String path)
  • Method Details

    • name

      public java.lang.String name()
      Description copied from class: Mapper
      Returns the canonical name which uniquely identifies the mapper against other mappers in a type.
      Specified by:
      name in class Mapper
    • typeName

      public java.lang.String typeName()
      Description copied from class: Mapper
      Returns a name representing the type of this mapper.
      Specified by:
      typeName in class Mapper
    • path

      public java.lang.String path()
    • merge

      public Mapper merge​(Mapper mergeWith)
      Description copied from class: Mapper
      Return the merge of mergeWith into this. Both this and mergeWith will be left unmodified.
      Specified by:
      merge in class Mapper
    • updateFieldType

      public Mapper updateFieldType​(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,​MappedFieldType> fullNameToFieldType)
      Description copied from class: Mapper
      Update the field type of this mapper. This is necessary because some mapping updates can modify mappings across several types. This method must return a copy of the mapper so that the current mapper is not modified.
      Specified by:
      updateFieldType in class Mapper
    • iterator

      public java.util.Iterator<Mapper> iterator()
    • toXContent

      public XContentBuilder toXContent​(XContentBuilder builder, ToXContent.Params params) throws java.io.IOException
      Throws:
      java.io.IOException