[[java-aggs-bucket-children]]
==== Children Aggregation

Here is how you can use
{ref}/search-aggregations-bucket-children-aggregation.html[Children Aggregation]
with Java API.


===== Prepare aggregation request

Here is an example on how to create the aggregation request:

[source,java]
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AggregationBuilder aggregation =
    AggregationBuilders
        .children("agg", "reseller"); <1>
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1. `"agg"` is the name of the aggregation and `"reseller"` is the child type

===== Use aggregation response

Import Aggregation definition classes:

[source,java]
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import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.children.Children;
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[source,java]
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// sr is here your SearchResponse object
Children agg = sr.getAggregations().get("agg");
agg.getDocCount(); // Doc count
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