Find objects by array in mongodb (or java)

Question

I've got a collection (dataset) like this:

{
  "_id" : ObjectId("515611c1c6e3718ee42a5655"),
  "id": "Product1",
  "type": "ProductType4"
  "productFeature": [
    {
      "id": "ProductFeature1"
    },
    {
      "id": "ProductFeature2"
    },
    {
      "id": "ProductFeature3"
    }
  ]
  "productPropertyNumeric": 25
},     
... and more product objects...

{
  "_id" : ObjectId("515611c1c6e3718ee42a5666"),
  "id": "ProductFeature1",
  "label": "blablabla" 
},
{
  "_id" : ObjectId("515611c1c6e3718ee42a5667"),
  "id": "ProductFeature2",
  "label": "blebleble" 
},
{
  "_id" : ObjectId("515611c1c6e3718ee42a5668"),
  "id": "ProductFeature3",
  "label": "blublublu" 
}      ... and more feature objects...

According to Product1, I have to find the features and labels that the specific product has in its "productFeature" array.

I have tried in Mongo shell to find them (using a variable, for example):

var aaa = db.dataset.find({ id: "Product1" })

db.dataset.find({ id: "aaa.productFeature.id" })

But it doesn't work. If somebody knows how to find objects by array please help me. Thanks very much.

PS: It would be best in Java - I apply a query just for example:

    BasicDBObject query = new BasicDBObject();

    query.put("type","ProductType4");
    query.put("productPropertyNumeric", new BasicDBObject("$gt", 10));

    DBCursor cursor = coll.find(query).sort( new BasicDBObject("label", 1));
    while (cursor.hasNext()){
       System.out.println(cursor.next().get("id"));  
}

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '13 at 21:15

Here is my answer to my own question. I hope this helps to someone.

BasicDBObject query = new BasicDBObject();
    BasicDBObject field = new BasicDBObject();

    query.put("id", "Product1");
    field.put("id", 1);
    field.put("productFeature", 1);      
    field.put("_id", 0);

    DBCursor cursor = coll.find(query, field);
    while (cursor.hasNext()) {
        BasicDBObject result = (BasicDBObject) cursor.next();
        System.out.println(result);
        ArrayList<BasicDBObject> features = (ArrayList<BasicDBObject>) result.get("productFeature");

        for (BasicDBObject embedded : features) {
            String featuresId = (String) embedded.get("id");

            BasicDBObject query2 = new BasicDBObject();
            BasicDBObject field2 = new BasicDBObject();

            query2.put("id", featuresId);
            field2.put("id", 1);
            field2.put("label", 1);
            field2.put("_id", 0);
            DBCursor cursor2 = coll.find(query2, field2);

            while (cursor2.hasNext()) {
                System.out.println(cursor2.next());
            }
        }
    }

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '13 at 00:22

You have to supply the "path" in the document structure to the field you want to query on from the document root. In this case the path is 'productFeature' --> 'id'. Instead of an arrow MongoDB uses a dot (.), e.g.,

db.dataset.find({ "productFeature.id" : "Product1" });

In Java you do something very similar:

BasicDBObject query = new BasicDBObject("productFeature.id" : "Product1");

DBCursor cursor = coll.find(query).sort( new BasicDBObject("label", 1));
while (cursor.hasNext()){
   System.out.println(cursor.next().get("id"));
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 22 '20 at 15:44

In Java you could also use the Query class in combination with MongoTemplate.

import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Criteria;
import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Query;

    @Autowired
    private final MongoTemplate mongoTemplate;

...

public YourObjectClass findProduct1(){
        Query query = new Query();
        query.addCriteria(Criteria.where("productFeature.id").is("Product1"));
        List<YourObjectClass> result = this.mongoTemplate.find(query, YourObjectClass.class);
  return result;
}

Find objects by array in mongodb (or java)

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