How to query nested objects from MongoDB using Spring Boot (REST) and TextQuery? - spring

Question

I am writing RESTful API to search MongoDB collection named 'global' by criteria using TextQuery. My problem is that I cannot access nested object fields when doing query.
For example this works:
GET localhost:8080/search?criteria=name:'name'
And this does not:
GET localhost:8080/search?criteria=other.othername:'Other Name'
I have MongoDB json structure (imported from JSON into 'global' collection as whole nested objects)
[{
"name": "Name",
"desc": "Desc",
"other" {
"othername": "Other Name",
}
},
{
"name": "Name",
"desc": "Desc",
"other" {
"othername": "Other Name",
}
}
]
And classes (with getters & setters & etc):
#Document(collection="global")
public class Global{
#TextIndexed
String name;
#TextIndexed
String desc;
Other other;
...
}
public class Other{
String othername;
...
}
My controller has method
#GetMapping("/search")
public Iterable<Global> getByCriteria(#RequestParam("criteria") String criteria) {
...
}
And I am trying to write text search with
public Iterable<Global> findByCriteria(String criteria) {
TextCriteria criteria = TextCriteria.forDefaultLanguage().matching(criteria);
TextQuery query = TextQuery.queryText(criteria);
return mongoTemplate.find(query, Global.class);
}

Answer 1

You need to add #TextIndexed to your other field.
public class Global{
#TextIndexed
String name;
#TextIndexed
String desc;
#TextIndexed
Other other;
...
}
Note: All nested object fields are searchable
or you may add #TextIndexed for each nested object field:
public class Other {
#TextIndexed
String othername;
...
}