[[java-rest-high-get-templates]]
=== Get Templates API

The Get Templates API allows to retrieve a list of index templates by name.

[[java-rest-high-get-templates-request]]
==== Get Index Templates Request

A `GetIndexTemplatesRequest` specifies one or several names of the index templates to get.

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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/IndicesClientDocumentationIT.java[get-templates-request]
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<1> A single index template name
<2> Multiple index template names
<3> An index template name using wildcard

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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/IndicesClientDocumentationIT.java[get-templates-request-masterTimeout]
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<1> Timeout to connect to the master node as a `TimeValue`
<2> Timeout to connect to the master node as a `String`

[[java-rest-high-get-templates-sync]]
==== Synchronous Execution

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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/IndicesClientDocumentationIT.java[get-templates-execute]
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[[java-rest-high-get-templates-async]]
==== Asynchronous Execution

The asynchronous execution of a get index templates request requires a `GetTemplatesRequest`
instance and an `ActionListener` instance to be passed to the asynchronous
method:

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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/IndicesClientDocumentationIT.java[get-templates-execute-async]
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<1> The `GetTemplatesRequest` 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 `GetTemplatesResponse` looks like:

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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/IndicesClientDocumentationIT.java[get-templates-execute-listener]
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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

[[java-rest-high-get-templates-response]]
==== Get Templates Response

The returned `GetTemplatesResponse` consists a list of matching index templates.

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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/IndicesClientDocumentationIT.java[get-templates-response]
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<1> A list of matching index templates