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+package org.elasticsearch.index.mapper;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.compress.CompressedXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.MapperTestUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.IsEqual.equalTo;
+
+/**
+ * Created by makeyang on 2016/12/8.
+ */
+public class MultiFieldIncludeInAllMapperTests extends ESTestCase {
+    public void testExceptionForCopyToInMultiFields() throws IOException {
+        XContentBuilder mapping = createMappinmgWithIncludeInAllInMultiField();
+
+        // first check that for newer versions we throw exception if copy_to is found withing multi field
+        MapperService mapperService = MapperTestUtils.newMapperService(createTempDir(), Settings.EMPTY);
+        try {
+            mapperService.parse("type", new CompressedXContent(mapping.string()), true);
+            fail("Parsing should throw an exception because the mapping contains a include_in_all in a multi field");
+        } catch (MapperParsingException e) {
+            assertThat(e.getMessage(), equalTo("include_in_all in multi fields is not allowed. Found the include_in_all in field [c] which is within a multi field."));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static XContentBuilder createMappinmgWithIncludeInAllInMultiField() throws IOException {
+        XContentBuilder mapping = jsonBuilder();
+        mapping.startObject()
+                .startObject("type")
+                .startObject("properties")
+                .startObject("a")
+                .field("type", "text")
+                .endObject()
+                .startObject("b")
+                .field("type", "text")
+                .startObject("fields")
+                .startObject("c")
+                .field("type", "text")
+                .field("include_in_all", false)
+                .endObject()
+                .endObject()
+                .endObject()
+                .endObject()
+                .endObject()
+                .endObject();
+        return mapping;
+    }
+}