Update the Java API client

You should keep your Java API client up to date to benefit from improvements and bug fixes. Algolia’s Service Level Agreement only applies to the latest version of the API client.

The Java API client follows Semantic Versioning. You can check what the latest version of the API client is on the GitHub release page.

We released a new version of the Java API client in public beta. Read the beta documentation for more information.

Upgrade to v3

The client and index class have been renamed SearchClient and SearchIndex. The method names remain the same. To have all the asynchronous and synchronous methods in the same place, the asynchronous client is now part of the SearchClient. The Analytics and Insights clients use the same API design.

This new version is compatible with Java 8 and later.

Estimated time: 1 hour.

This new version removes all deprecated methods and features from v2.

Upgrade the library

The library now comes in two parts.

• algoliasearch-core which holds all the methods, the POJOs, the transport layer and the retry strategy. This JAR is agnostic of any HTTP client implementation.
• algoliasearch-apache which is the default HTTP client implementation for the core library.

Upgrade with Maven

Add the following code in your pom.xml:

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<dependency>
  <groupId>com.algolia</groupId>
  <artifactId>algoliasearch-core</artifactId>
  <version>3.6.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.algolia</groupId>
  <artifactId>algoliasearch-apache</artifactId>
  <version>3.6.1</version>
</dependency>

Upgrade with Gradle

Add the following code in your build.gradle:

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compile 'com.algolia:algoliasearch-core:3.+'
compile 'com.algolia:algoliasearch-apache:3.+'

Client instantiation

Replace the instantiation of the client as shown below.

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// Before
APIClient client =
new ApacheAPIClientBuilder("YourApplicationID", "YourWriteAPIKey")
.build();

Index<Contact> index = client.initIndex("your_index_name", Contact.class);

AsyncAPIClient client =
new AsyncHttpAPIClientBuilder("YourApplicationID", "YourWriteAPIKey")
.build();

AsyncIndex<Contact> index = client.initIndex("your_index_name", Contact.class);

// After
// It's the same class for async and sync methods!
SearchClient client =
DefaultSearchClient.create("YourApplicationID", "YourWriteAPIKey");

SearchIndex<Contact> index = client.initIndex("your_index_name", Contact.class);

Instantiate with configuration

You can instantiate all clients via a configuration builder. This is useful to affect the way a client behaves.

You can configure :

• DefaultHeaders: to set HTTP headers for every request
• BatchSize: to customize the chunk size of batches for save methods
• Hosts: to set custom hosts to target
• Timeouts : to set timeout such as the read timeout, the write timeout, and the connect timeout
• ExecutorService: to set your own ExecutorService

Example:

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SearchConfig config =
  new SearchConfig.Builder("YourApplicationID", "YourWriteAPIKey")
      .setHosts(...)
      .setReadTimeOut(...)
      .setWriteTimeOut(...)
      .setConnectTimeOut(...)
      .setBatchSize(...)
      .setExecutorService(...)
      .build();

SearchClient client = DefaultSearchClient.create(config);

Analytics instantiation

Similarly, you need to update the way you initialize the Analytics client.

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// Before
APIClient client =
new ApacheAPIClientBuilder("YourApplicationID", "YourWriteAPIKey")
.build();

Analytics analytics = client.initAnalytics();

AsyncAPIClient client =
new AsyncHttpAPIClientBuilder("YourApplicationID", "YourWriteAPIKey")
.build();

AsyncAnalytics analytics = client.initAnalytics();

// After
// It's the same class for async and sync methods!
AnalyticsClient analytics =
DefaultAnalyticsClient.create("YourApplicationID", "YourWriteAPIKey");

Insights instantiation

You need to update the way you initialize the Insights client:

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// Before
APIClient client =
new ApacheAPIClientBuilder("YourApplicationID", "YourWriteAPIKey")
.build();

SyncInsightsClient insights =
new SyncInsightsClient("YourApplicationID", "YourWriteAPIKey", client)

AsyncAPIClient client =
new AsyncHttpAPIClientBuilder("YourApplicationID", "YourWriteAPIKey")
.build();

AsyncInsightsClient insights =
new AsyncInsightsClient("YourApplicationID", "YourWriteAPIKey", client)

// After
// It's the same class for async and sync methods!
InsightsClient insights =
DefaultInsightsClient.create("YourApplicationID", "YourWriteAPIKey");

Breaking changes

To ease the update, most of the POJOs didn’t change. There are some breaking changes you can find in the following table.

All methods marked as @Depracted are removed.

Clients

SearchClient

Index/SearchIndex

AnalyticsClient