mapping机制使得elasticsearch索引数据变的更加灵活，近乎于no schema。mapping可以在建立索引时设置，也可以在后期设置。
后期设置可以是修改mapping（无法对已有的field属性进行修改，一般来说只是增加新的field）或者对没有mapping的索引设置mapping。
put mapping操作必须是master节点来完成，因为它涉及到集群matedata的修改，同时它跟index和type密切相关。修改只是针对特定index的特定type。
在Action support分析中我们分析过几种Action的抽象类型，put mapping Action属于TransportMasterNodeOperationAction的子类。
它实现了masterOperation方法，每个继承自TransportMasterNodeOperationAction的子类都会根据自己的具体功能来实现这个方法。
这里的实现如下所示：
protected void masterOperation(final PutMappingRequest request, final ClusterState state, final ActionListener<PutMappingResponse> listener) throws ElasticsearchException {
final String[] concreteIndices = clusterService.state().metaData().concreteIndices(request.indicesOptions(), request.indices());
//构造request
PutMappingClusterStateUpdateRequest updateRequest = new PutMappingClusterStateUpdateRequest()
.ackTimeout(request.timeout()).masterNodeTimeout(request.masterNodeTimeout())
.indices(concreteIndices).type(request.type())
.source(request.source()).ignoreConflicts(request.ignoreConflicts());
//调用putMapping方法，同时传入一个Listener
metaDataMappingService.putMapping(updateRequest, new ActionListener<ClusterStateUpdateResponse>() {
@Override
public void onResponse(ClusterStateUpdateResponse response) {
listener.onResponse(new PutMappingResponse(response.isAcknowledged()));
}
@Override
public void onFailure(Throwable t) {
logger.debug("failed to put mappings on indices [{}], type [{}]", t, concreteIndices, request.type());
listener.onFailure(t);
}
});
}以上是TransportPutMappingAction对masterOperation方法的实现，这里并没有多少复杂的逻辑和操作。具体操作在matedataMappingService中。
跟之前的CreateIndex一样，put Mapping也是向master提交一个updateTask。所有逻辑也都在execute方法中。这个task的基本跟CreateIndex一样，也需要在给定的时间内响应。它的代码如下所示：
public void putMapping(final PutMappingClusterStateUpdateRequest request, final ActionListener<ClusterStateUpdateResponse> listener) {
//提交一个高基本的updateTask
clusterService.submitStateUpdateTask("put-mapping [" + request.type() + "]", Priority.HIGH, new AckedClusterStateUpdateTask<ClusterStateUpdateResponse>(request, listener) {
@Override
protected ClusterStateUpdateResponse newResponse(boolean acknowledged) {
return new ClusterStateUpdateResponse(acknowledged);
}
@Override
public ClusterState execute(final ClusterState currentState) throws Exception {
List<String> indicesToClose = Lists.newArrayList();
try {
//必须针对已经在matadata中存在的index，否则抛出异常
for (String index : request.indices()) {
if (!currentState.metaData().hasIndex(index)) {
throw new IndexMissingException(new Index(index));
}
}
//还需要存在于indices中，否则无法进行操作。所以这里要进行预建
for (String index : request.indices()) {
if (indicesService.hasIndex(index)) {
continue;
}
final IndexMetaData indexMetaData = currentState.metaData().index(index);
//不存在就进行创建
IndexService indexService = indicesService.createIndex(indexMetaData.index(), indexMetaData.settings(), clusterService.localNode().id());
indicesToClose.add(indexMetaData.index());
// make sure to add custom default mapping if exists
if (indexMetaData.mappings().containsKey(MapperService.DEFAULT_MAPPING)) {
indexService.mapperService().merge(MapperService.DEFAULT_MAPPING, indexMetaData.mappings().get(MapperService.DEFAULT_MAPPING).source(), false);
}
// only add the current relevant mapping (if exists)
if (indexMetaData.mappings().containsKey(request.type())) {
indexService.mapperService().merge(request.type(), indexMetaData.mappings().get(request.type()).source(), false);
}
}
//合并更新Mapping
Map<String, DocumentMapper> newMappers = newHashMap();
Map<String, DocumentMapper> existingMappers = newHashMap();
//针对每个index进行Mapping合并
for (String index : request.indices()) {
IndexService indexService = indicesService.indexServiceSafe(index);
// try and parse it (no need to add it here) so we can bail early in case of parsing exception
DocumentMapper newMapper;
DocumentMapper existingMapper = indexService.mapperService().documentMapper(request.type());
if (MapperService.DEFAULT_MAPPING.equals(request.type())) {//存在defaultmapping则合并default mapping
// _default_ types do not go through merging, but we do test the new settings. Also don't apply the old default
newMapper = indexService.mapperService().parse(request.type(), new CompressedString(request.source()), false);
} else {
newMapper = indexService.mapperService().parse(request.type(), new CompressedString(request.source()), existingMapper == null);
if (existingMapper != null) {
// first, simulate
DocumentMapper.MergeResult mergeResult = existingMapper.merge(newMapper, mergeFlags().simulate(true));
// if we have conflicts, and we are not supposed to ignore them, throw an exception
if (!request.ignoreConflicts() && mergeResult.hasConflicts()) {
throw new MergeMappingException(mergeResult.conflicts());
}
}
}
newMappers.put(index, newMapper);
if (existingMapper != null) {
existingMappers.put(index, existingMapper);
}
}
String mappingType = request.type();
if (mappingType == null) {
mappingType = newMappers.values().iterator().next().type();
} else if (!mappingType.equals(newMappers.values().iterator().next().type())) {
throw new InvalidTypeNameException("Type name provided does not match type name within mapping definition");
}
if (!MapperService.DEFAULT_MAPPING.equals(mappingType) && !PercolatorService.TYPE_NAME.equals(mappingType) && mappingType.charAt(0) == '_') {
throw new InvalidTypeNameException("Document mapping type name can't start with '_'");
}
final Map<String, MappingMetaData> mappings = newHashMap();
for (Map.Entry<String, DocumentMapper> entry : newMappers.entrySet()) {
String index = entry.getKey();
// do the actual merge here on the master, and update the mapping source
DocumentMapper newMapper = entry.getValue();
IndexService indexService = indicesService.indexService(index);
if (indexService == null) {
continue;
}
CompressedString existingSource = null;
if (existingMappers.containsKey(entry.getKey())) {
existingSource = existingMappers.get(entry.getKey()).mappingSource();
}
DocumentMapper mergedMapper = indexService.mapperService().merge(newMapper.type(), newMapper.mappingSource(), false);
CompressedString updatedSource = mergedMapper.mappingSource();
if (existingSource != null) {
if (existingSource.equals(updatedSource)) {
// same source, no changes, ignore it
} else {
// use the merged mapping source
mappings.put(index, new MappingMetaData(mergedMapper));
if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
logger.debug("[{}] update_mapping [{}] with source [{}]", index, mergedMapper.type(), updatedSource);
} else if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
logger.info("[{}] update_mapping [{}]", index, mergedMapper.type());
}
}
} else {
mappings.put(index, new MappingMetaData(mergedMapper));
if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
logger.debug("[{}] create_mapping [{}] with source [{}]", index, newMapper.type(), updatedSource);
} else if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
logger.info("[{}] create_mapping [{}]", index, newMapper.type());
}
}
}
if (mappings.isEmpty()) {
// no changes, return
return currentState;
}
//根据mapping的更新情况重新生成matadata
MetaData.Builder builder = MetaData.builder(currentState.metaData());
for (String indexName : request.indices()) {
IndexMetaData indexMetaData = currentState.metaData().index(indexName);
if (indexMetaData == null) {
throw new IndexMissingException(new Index(indexName));
}
MappingMetaData mappingMd = mappings.get(indexName);
if (mappingMd != null) {
builder.put(IndexMetaData.builder(indexMetaData).putMapping(mappingMd));
}
}
return ClusterState.builder(currentState).metaData(builder).build();
} finally {
for (String index : indicesToClose) {
indicesService.removeIndex(index, "created for mapping processing");
}
}
}
});
}以上就是mapping的设置过程，首先它跟Create index一样，只有master节点才能操作，而且是以task的形式提交给master；其次它的本质是将request中的mapping和index现存的或者是default mapping合并，并最终生成新的matadata更新到集群的各个节点。
集群中的master操作无论是index方面还是集群方面，最终都是集群matadata的更新过程。而这些操作只能在master上进行，并且都是会超时的任务。put mapping当然也不例外。上面的两段代码基本概况了mapping的设置过程。这里就不再重复了。
这里还有一个问题没有涉及到就是mapping的合并。mapping合并会在很多地方用到。在下一节中会它进行详细分析，更多关于elasticsearch索引index put mapping设置的资料请关注其它相关文章！
