elasticsearch/docs/java-rest/high-level/document/delete.asciidoc

[[java-rest-high-document-delete]]
=== Delete API

[[java-rest-high-document-delete-request]]
==== Delete Request

A `DeleteRequest` requires the following arguments:

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<1> Index
<2> Type
<3> Document id

==== Optional arguments
The following arguments can optionally be provided:

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<1> Routing value

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<1> Timeout to wait for primary shard to become available as a `TimeValue`
<2> Timeout to wait for primary shard to become available as a `String`

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/CRUDDocumentationIT.java[delete-request-refresh]
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<1> Refresh policy as a `WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy` instance
<2> Refresh policy as a `String`

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/CRUDDocumentationIT.java[delete-request-version]
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<1> Version

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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/CRUDDocumentationIT.java[delete-request-version-type]
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<1> Version type

[[java-rest-high-document-delete-sync]]
==== Synchronous Execution

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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/CRUDDocumentationIT.java[delete-execute]
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[[java-rest-high-document-delete-async]]
==== Asynchronous Execution

The asynchronous execution of a delete request requires both the `DeleteRequest`
instance and an `ActionListener` instance to be passed to the asynchronous
method:

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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/CRUDDocumentationIT.java[delete-execute-async]
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<1> The `DeleteRequest` to execute and the `ActionListener` to use when
the execution completes

The asynchronous method does not block and returns immediately. Once it is
completed the `ActionListener` is called back using the `onResponse` method
if the execution successfully completed or using the `onFailure` method if
it failed.

A typical listener for `DeleteResponse` looks like:

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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/CRUDDocumentationIT.java[delete-execute-listener]
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<1> Called when the execution is successfully completed. The response is
provided as an argument
<2> Called in case of failure. The raised exception is provided as an argument

[[java-rest-high-document-delete-response]]
==== Delete Response

The returned `DeleteResponse` allows to retrieve information about the executed
 operation as follows:

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<1> Handle the situation where number of successful shards is less than
total shards
<2> Handle the potential failures


It is also possible to check whether the document was found or not:

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<1> Do something if the document to be deleted was not found

If there is a version conflict, an `ElasticsearchException` will
be thrown:

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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/CRUDDocumentationIT.java[delete-conflict]
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<1> The raised exception indicates that a version conflict error was returned