elastic/elasticsearch · error · IllegalArgumentException

Cannot use stored scripts in tokenfilter [{name}]

Error message

Cannot use stored scripts in tokenfilter [{name}]

What it means

Error "Cannot use stored scripts in tokenfilter [{name}]" thrown in elastic/elasticsearch.

Source

Thrown at modules/analysis-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/analysis/common/PredicateTokenFilterScriptFactory.java:36

import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptService;
import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptType;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * A factory for creating FilteringTokenFilters that determine whether or not to
 * accept their underlying token by consulting a script
 */
public class PredicateTokenFilterScriptFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactory {

    private final AnalysisPredicateScript.Factory factory;

    public PredicateTokenFilterScriptFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings, String name, Settings settings, ScriptService scriptService) {
        super(name);
        Settings scriptSettings = settings.getAsSettings("script");
        Script script = Script.parse(scriptSettings);
        if (script.getType() != ScriptType.INLINE) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot use stored scripts in tokenfilter [" + name + "]");
        }
        this.factory = scriptService.compile(script, AnalysisPredicateScript.CONTEXT);
    }

    @Override
    public TokenStream create(TokenStream tokenStream) {
        return new ScriptFilteringTokenFilter(tokenStream, factory.newInstance());
    }

    private static class ScriptFilteringTokenFilter extends FilteringTokenFilter {

        final AnalysisPredicateScript script;
        final AnalysisPredicateScript.Token token;

        ScriptFilteringTokenFilter(TokenStream in, AnalysisPredicateScript script) {
            super(in);
            this.script = script;
            this.token = new AnalysisPredicateScript.Token(this);

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at modules/analysis-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/analysis/common/PredicateTokenFilterScriptFactory.java:36 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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