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Published inDec 2015
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Huseyin Akdogan
Huseyin Akdogan
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Huseyin Akdogan

Hüseyin Akdoğan began his software adventure with the GwBasic programming language. He started learning the Visual Basic language after QuickBasic and developed many applications until 2000, after which he stepped into the world of Web with PHP. After this, he came across Java! In addition to counseling and training activities since 2005, he developed enterprise applications with JavaEE technologies. His areas of expertise are JavaServer Faces, Spring Frameworks, and big data technologies such as NoSQL and Elasticsearch. Along with these, he is also trying to specialize in other big data technologies. Hüseyin also writes articles on Java and big data technologies and works as a technical reviewer of big data books. He was a reviewer of one of the bestselling books, Mastering Elasticsearch – Second Edition.
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Nature of the Elasticsearch index


Let's go through the basic concepts of Elasticsearch indices and their features.

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Elasticsearch is document-oriented. Each record in Elasticsearch is a document. Elasticsearch uses JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) as the serialization format for documents. Therefore, each piece of data that is sent to Elasticsearch for indexing is a JSON document.

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JSON is an open standard format that uses human-readable text to transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs. If you want more information, please refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON.

Elasticsearch indices compared to database management systems may be considered to be databases. How a database is a collection of regular information, Elasticsearch indices are a collection of structured JSON document. In other words, an index is a logical partition for user data.

Documents are stored in the same index of similar characteristics, for example, your member data in the member index, your...

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Huseyin Akdogan

Hüseyin Akdoğan began his software adventure with the GwBasic programming language. He started learning the Visual Basic language after QuickBasic and developed many applications until 2000, after which he stepped into the world of Web with PHP. After this, he came across Java! In addition to counseling and training activities since 2005, he developed enterprise applications with JavaEE technologies. His areas of expertise are JavaServer Faces, Spring Frameworks, and big data technologies such as NoSQL and Elasticsearch. Along with these, he is also trying to specialize in other big data technologies. Hüseyin also writes articles on Java and big data technologies and works as a technical reviewer of big data books. He was a reviewer of one of the bestselling books, Mastering Elasticsearch – Second Edition.
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