{"record":{"id":"e034205e0d1f72de","repo":"elastic/elasticsearch","slug":"elision-filter-requires-articles-or-articles-pa","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"elision filter requires [articles] or [articles_path] setting","messagePattern":"elision filter requires \\[articles\\] or \\[articles_path\\] setting","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"IllegalArgumentException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"modules/analysis-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/analysis/common/ElisionTokenFilterFactory.java","lineNumber":30,"sourceCode":"import org.apache.lucene.analysis.CharArraySet;\nimport org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream;\nimport org.apache.lucene.analysis.util.ElisionFilter;\nimport org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;\nimport org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;\nimport org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;\nimport org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.AbstractTokenFilterFactory;\nimport org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.Analysis;\nimport org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.NormalizingTokenFilterFactory;\n\npublic class ElisionTokenFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory implements NormalizingTokenFilterFactory {\n\n    private final CharArraySet articles;\n\n    ElisionTokenFilterFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, Environment env, String name, Settings settings) {\n        super(name);\n        this.articles = Analysis.parseArticles(env, settings);\n        if (this.articles == null) {\n            throw new IllegalArgumentException(\"elision filter requires [articles] or [articles_path] setting\");\n        }\n    }\n\n    @Override\n    public TokenStream create(TokenStream tokenStream) {\n        return new ElisionFilter(tokenStream, articles);\n    }\n\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":12,"sourceCodeEnd":40,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/db6a809a667c081ca1dc7500389d26975573215f/modules/analysis-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/analysis/common/ElisionTokenFilterFactory.java#L12-L40","documentation":"Error \"elision filter requires [articles] or [articles_path] setting\" thrown in elastic/elasticsearch.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at modules/analysis-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/analysis/common/ElisionTokenFilterFactory.java:30 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"db6a809a667c081ca1dc7500389d26975573215f","analyzedAt":"2026-08-12T01:39:14.192Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-12T13:17:24.610Z"}