using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using Nest;

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namespace SO32479099

{

    internal class Program

    {

        private static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            //working example for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32479099/elasticsearch-net-update-array-with-multiple-components

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            //LoadData();

            // NOTE: After loading the data, query the index and get the doc id (_id) from the index to pass the parameter

            // below to UpdateData method.

            UpdateData("AU-y5nyZFx8jUFVgexyv");

        }

​

        private static void UpdateData(string docId)

        {

            var client = new ElasticClient(new ConnectionSettings(new Uri("http://localhost:9200"), "so32479099"));

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            dynamic updateDoc = new System.Dynamic.ExpandoObject();

            updateDoc.person = Build3Persons();

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            var result =

                client.Update<People, object>(

                    u => u.Id(docId).Doc(new {person = Build3Persons()}).Refresh());

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            Console.WriteLine(result.ServerError);

        }

​

        private static void LoadData()

        {

            var client = new ElasticClient(new ConnectionSettings(new Uri("http://localhost:9200"), "so32479099"));

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            var people = new People

                             {

                                 place = "london",

                                 colors = new List<string> { "red", "green" },

                                 person = Build2Persons()

                             };

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            client.Index<People>(people);

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        }

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        public static List<Person> Build2Persons()

        {

            var persons = new List<Person>(2);

            persons.Add(new Person { name = "john", eyes = "blue", age = "27" });

            persons.Add(new Person { name = "mary", eyes = "green", age = "19" });

            return persons;

        }

        public static List<Person> Build3Persons()

        {

            var persons = new List<Person>(3);

            persons.Add(new Person { name = "john", eyes = "blue", age = "27" });

            persons.Add(new Person { name = "mary", eyes = "green", age = "19" });

            persons.Add(new Person { name = "jane", eyes = "grey", age = "30" });

            return persons;

        }

    }

​

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    public class People

    {

        public List<string> colors { get; set; }

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        public string place { get; set; }

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        public List<Person> person { get; set; }

    }

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    public class Person

    {

        public string name { get; set; }

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        public string age { get; set; }

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        public string eyes { get; set; }

    }

}

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