SpringBoot storeNullValue doesn't work on SpringBoot 3.0

Hello

I am working on a SpringBoot 2.6 (using spring-data-elasticsearch 4.4.3) API that needs to store null values explicitly

for that we are using storeNullValue attribute from Field annotation, added to 4.1 @JsonProperty(value = "longdescr") @Field(name = "longdescr", storeNullValue = true) private String longDescription;

Upgrading to SpringBoot 3.1 (using spring-data-elasticsearch 5.1) null values are not indexed to elastic anymore.

I tested spring-data-elasticsearch from v5.0 to 5.2.2 without success

storeNullValue attribute is taken in account in MappingElasticSearchConcverter.java (5.1)

if (value == null) {
  if (property.storeNullValue()) {
      sink.set(property, null);
  }

  continue;
}

and this part is setting property to null as expected, as of my debugger.

According to results found over the net, this param is not popularly used.

Anyone experienced that issue ? Anyone is using storeNullValue param proerly on v5 ?

Note that according to my tests, it is not related to ES

my ES is still able to store null values from a direct POST. SpringBoot 2.6 is adding null values on both ES7 and ES8 instances. SpringBoot 3.1 is not adding null values on niether ES7 neither ES8. thanks for caring :) Bernard

Comment From: wilkinsona

Thanks for the report but I doubt that Spring Boot is the cause here. At the level that you're talking about, things are dealt with by Spring Data Elasticsearch and the underlying Elasticsearch Client. Spring Data Elasticsearch is managed as a separate project. I would recommend creating a minimal sample that reproduces the problem and opening an issue with them.

Comment From: BernardLM

Thanks for your reply