org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index
Annotation Type Indexed

@Target(value=FIELD)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Indexed

Mark a field to be indexed using MongoDB's indexing feature.

Author:

Jon Brisbin, Oliver Gierke, Philipp Schneider, Johno Crawford, Thomas Darimont

Optional Element Summary

boolean	background If true the index will be created in the background.
String	collection Colleciton name for index to be created on.
IndexDirection	direction
boolean	dropDups
int	expireAfterSeconds Configures the number of seconds after which the collection should expire.
String	name Index name.
boolean	sparse If set to true index will skip over any document that is missing the indexed field.
boolean	unique If set to true reject all documents that contain a duplicate value for the indexed field.
boolean	useGeneratedName If set to true then MongoDB will ignore the given index name and instead generate a new name.

unique

public abstract boolean unique

If set to true reject all documents that contain a duplicate value for the indexed field.

Returns:

See Also:

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/index-unique/

Default:

false

direction

public abstract IndexDirection direction

Default:

org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.IndexDirection.ASCENDING

sparse

public abstract boolean sparse

If set to true index will skip over any document that is missing the indexed field.

Returns:

See Also:

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/index-sparse/

Default:

false

dropDups

public abstract boolean dropDups

Returns:

See Also:

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/index-creation/#index-creation-duplicate-dropping

Default:

false

name

public abstract String name

Index name.

Returns:

Default:

""

useGeneratedName

public abstract boolean useGeneratedName

If set to true then MongoDB will ignore the given index name and instead generate a new name. Defaults to false.

Returns:

Since:

1.5

Default:

false

collection

public abstract String collection

Colleciton name for index to be created on.

Returns:

Default:

""

background

public abstract boolean background

If true the index will be created in the background.

Returns:

See Also:

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/indexes/#background-construction

Default:

false

expireAfterSeconds

public abstract int expireAfterSeconds

Configures the number of seconds after which the collection should expire. Defaults to -1 for no expiry.

Returns:

See Also:

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/expire-data/

Default:

-1