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@ -276,6 +276,11 @@ public class FetchPhase implements SearchPhase {
}
if ((nestedParsedSource.get(0) instanceof Map) == false &&
nestedObjectMapper.parentObjectMapperAreNested(context.mapperService()) == false) {
// When one of the parent objects are not nested then XContentMapValues.extractValue(...) extracts the values
// from two or more layers resulting in a list of list being returned. This is because nestedPath
// encapsulates two or more object layers in the _source.
//
// This is why only the first element of nestedParsedSource needs to be checked.
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot execute inner hits. One or more parent object fields of nested field [" +
nestedObjectMapper.name() + "] are not nested. All parent fields need to be nested fields too");
}