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[[java-rest-overview]]
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== Overview
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The Java REST Client comes in 2 flavors:
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* {java-api-client}/java-rest-low.html[Java Low Level REST Client]: the official
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low-level client for Elasticsearch. It allows to communicate with an
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Elasticsearch cluster through http. Leaves requests marshalling and responses
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un-marshalling to users. It is compatible with all Elasticsearch versions.
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* <<java-rest-high>>: the official high-level client for Elasticsearch.
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Based on the low-level client, it exposes API specific methods and takes care
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of requests marshalling and responses un-marshalling.
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