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Take a self-guided product tour to see for yourself (no registration required).This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” expected START_OBJECT as the token but was ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: .
Log Context
Log “expected START_OBJECT as the token but was”classname is IndicesOptions.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
Boolean ignoreUnavailable = defaults == null ? null : defaults.ignoreUnavailable();
boolean ignoreThrottled = defaults == null ? false : defaults.ignoreThrottled();
Token token = parser.currentToken() == Token.START_OBJECT ? parser.currentToken() : parser.nextToken();
String currentFieldName = null;
if (token != Token.START_OBJECT) {
throw new ElasticsearchParseException("expected START_OBJECT as the token but was " + token);
}
while ((token = parser.nextToken()) != XContentParser.Token.END_OBJECT) {
if (token == XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME) {
currentFieldName = parser.currentName();
} else if (token == Token.START_ARRAY) {
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