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=== Indices Exists API

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==== Indices Exists Request

The high-level REST client uses a `GetIndexRequest` for Indices Exists API. The index name (or indices' names) are required.

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<1> Index

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==== Optional arguments
Indices Exists API also accepts following optional arguments, through a `GetIndexRequest`:

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<1> Whether to return local information or retrieve the state from master node
<2> Return result in a format suitable for humans
<3> Whether to return all default setting for each of the indices
<4> Controls how unavailable indices are resolved and how wildcard expressions are expanded

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==== Synchronous Execution
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==== Asynchronous Execution
The asynchronous execution of an indices exists request requires both the
`GetIndexRequest` instance and an `ActionListener` instance to be passed
to the asynchronous method:

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<1> The `GetIndexRequest` to execute and the `ActionListener` to use when
the execution completes

The asynchronous method does not block and returns immediately. Once it is
completed the `ActionListener` is called back using the `onResponse` method
if the execution successfully completed or using the `onFailure` method if
it failed.

A typical listener for the Indices Exists looks like:

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<1> Called when the execution is successfully completed. The response is
provided as an argument
<2> Called in case of failure. The raised exception is provided as an argument

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==== Response
The response is a `boolean` value, indicating whether the index (or indices) exist:

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