[[java-query-dsl-span-near-query]]
==== Span Near Query

See {ref}/query-dsl-span-near-query.html[Span Near Query]

[source,java]
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QueryBuilder qb = spanNearQuery()
    .clause(spanTermQuery("field","value1"))    <1>
    .clause(spanTermQuery("field","value2"))    <1>
    .clause(spanTermQuery("field","value3"))    <1>
    .slop(12)                                   <2>
    .inOrder(false)                             <3>
    .collectPayloads(false);                    <4>
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<1> span term queries
<2> slop factor: the maximum number of intervening unmatched positions
<3> whether matches are required to be in-order
<4> collect payloads or not

