QueryBuilders and FilterBuilders have dependency on spatial4j which is optional.

[yurkom]

IMHO, these classes shouldn't have hard dependencies on spatial4j library which is optional.
There is two way to resolve this issue:

• Make the dependency on spatial4j required (optional=false)
• or move geoShape* to the separate GeoQueryBuilders and GeoFilterBuilders factory classes

The latest solution allows to keep the library optional. And it allows to use it when it is really necessary.

As one more solution, it is move geo-shape functionality to the separate library like a plugin.

[kimchy]

Do you get a failure in this case? I tested it, and it works fine even if you don't have the spatial4j lib in the classpath, assuming you don't call the builders that require it.

[yurkom]

I have found that it is not an issue for Java. It is reproduced in the Scala compiler (ver. 2.9.2). I tested two simple classes for Java and Scala. They did the same work. And the scala code got a failure.

import org.elasticsearch.index.query.FilterBuilders._

class ElasticTest {
  def test {
    orFilter(termFilter("key", "phrase"))
  }
}

error: error while loading FilterBuilders, Missing dependency 'class com.spatial4j.core.shape.Shape', required by c:\lib\elastic.jar(org/elasticsearch/index/query/FilterBuilders.class)
ElasticTest.scala:5: error: not found: value orFilter
    orFilter(termFilter("key", "phrase"))
    ^
two errors found

About the issue:
https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-5343
http://www.scala-lang.org/node/12342

[danklynn]

This issue is also present in the Groovy runtime:

// this throws a NoClassDefFoundError:
def query = QueryBuilders.boolQuery()

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/spatial4j/core/shape/Shape
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2427)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods(Class.java:1791)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedClass$3$1.run(CachedClass.java:84)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedClass$3.initValue(CachedClass.java:81)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedClass$3.initValue(CachedClass.java:79)
at org.codehaus.groovy.util.LazyReference.getLocked(LazyReference.java:46)
at org.codehaus.groovy.util.LazyReference.get(LazyReference.java:33)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedClass.getMethods(CachedClass.java:250)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.populateMethods(MetaClassImpl.java:305)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.fillMethodIndex(MetaClassImpl.java:284)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.initialize(MetaClassImpl.java:2904)
at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.initialize(ExpandoMetaClass.java:483)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ClassInfo.getMetaClassUnderLock(ClassInfo.java:166)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ClassInfo.getMetaClass(ClassInfo.java:182)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.MetaClassRegistryImpl.getMetaClass(MetaClassRegistryImpl.java:227)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.getMetaClass(InvokerHelper.java:751)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.createCallStaticSite(CallSiteArray.java:59)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.createCallSite(CallSiteArray.java:146)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:42)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:108)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:112)
at com.fullcontact.elasticsearchtests.TestHarness.queryElasticSearch(TestHarness.groovy:27)

[kimchy]

@danklynn which groovy version?

[pablomolnar]

@kimchy The issue is pretty issue to reproduce in Grails 2.2.1

1. grails create-app bug
2. Add inside the dependecy block in the BuildConfig.groovy:

    compile 'org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:0.20.5'
    compile('org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-lang-groovy:1.3.0')

3. Add this unit test:

class ClassNotFoundTests {

void testBug() {
    org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()
}

4. grails test-app report:

Running 1 unit test... 1 of 1
| Failure: testBug(bug.ClassNotFoundTests)
| java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/spatial4j/core/shape/Shape
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2451)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods(Class.java:1810)
at org.codehaus.groovy.util.LazyReference.getLocked(LazyReference.java:46)
at org.codehaus.groovy.util.LazyReference.get(LazyReference.java:33)
at bug.ClassNotFoundTests.testBug(ClassNotFoundTests.groovy:12)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.spatial4j.core.shape.Shape
at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.RootLoader.findClass(RootLoader.java:175)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423)
at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.RootLoader.loadClass(RootLoader.java:147)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)
... 5 more
| Completed 1 unit test, 1 failed in 533ms
| Packaging Grails application.....
| Tests FAILED - view reports in /private/tmp/bug/target/test-reports

[pablomolnar]

Also, FYI the issue is not present using 0.90.0.Beta1:

    compile 'org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:0.90.0.Beta1'
    compile('org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-lang-groovy:1.4.0')

[worldsayshi]

This still seem to happen in Groovy (v 2.4.15) with elasticsearch-6.6.0.

Here's a (probably obvious) workaround: Wrap the method calls in Java:

public class QueryBuildersWrapper {
    public static MatchQueryBuilder matchQuery(String name, Object text) {
        return QueryBuilders.matchQuery(name, text);
    }
}