elasticsearch/docs/java-api/query-dsl/span-near-query.asciidoc

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==== Span Near Query

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

[source,java]
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QueryBuilder qb = spanNearQuery(
    spanTermQuery("field","value1"),            <1>
    12)                                         <2>
    .addClause(spanTermQuery("field","value2")) <1>
    .addClause(spanTermQuery("field","value3")) <1>
    .inOrder(false);                            <3>
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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