Magic Mapping ?

obj-style.sh

#  value-style before object-style => "auto upgrade"

curl -XDELETE 'http://localhost:9200/test'

curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/test/test/1' -d '
{
    "obj" : "value"
}
' 

curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/test/_refresh'

curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/test/test/2' -d '
{
    "obj" : { "key" : "value" }
}
'

curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/test/_refresh'

# 2 hits for '*'
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/test/_search?q=*&pretty=1'

# 1 hit for 'obj'
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/test/_search?q=obj:*&pretty=1'

# 0 hit for 'key'
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/test/_search?q=key:*&pretty=1'


# object-style before value-style => MapperParsingException
curl -XDELETE 'http://localhost:9200/test'


curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/test/test/2' -d '
{
    "obj" : { "key" : "value" }
}
'

curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/test/_refresh'

curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/test/test/1' -d '
{
    "obj" : "value"
}
' 
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/test/_refresh'

# 1 hit
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/test/_search?q=*&pretty=1'

# 0 hits for 'obj'
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/test/_search?q=obj:*&pretty=1'

# 1 hit for 'key'
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/test/_search?q=key:*&pretty=1'