[[java-admin-indices]]
=== Indices Administration

To access indices Java API, you need to call `indices()` method from an <<java-admin,`AdminClient`>>:

[source,java]
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IndicesAdminClient indicesAdminClient = client.admin().indices();
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[NOTE]
In the rest of this guide, we will use `client.admin().indices()`.

include::create-index.asciidoc[]

include::put-mapping.asciidoc[]

include::refresh.asciidoc[]

include::get-settings.asciidoc[]
include::update-settings.asciidoc[]
