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elasticsearch equivalent of EmbeddedSolrServer for Solr

Is it possible to update index built using elastic search without the overheads of http and serialization? I am searching for an elasticsearch equivalent of EmbeddedSolrServer available with solrj.

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  • Sure it is, with elasticsearch you can easily start up a local node and embed it in your application.

    With local node I mean with local discovery, local within the jvm.

    Have a look at the Java API documentation, where there's an example on how to startup a local node:

    Node node = nodeBuilder().local(true).node();
Client client = node.client();

    Don't forget to shut it down when you're done:

    node.close();

    Have a look at this blog I wrote too: elasticsearch beyond big data - running elasticsearch embedded.