Mongodb: Query a json-object nested in an array - arrays

Question

I'm quite new to mongodb and there is one thing I can't solve right now:
Let's pretend, you have the following document (simplified):
{
'someKey': 'someValue',
'array' : [
{'name' : 'test1',
'value': 'value1'
},
{'name' : 'test2',
'value': 'value2'
}
]
}
Which query would return the json-object, in which the value equals 'value2'?
That means, i need this json-object:
{
'name' : 'test2',
'value': 'value2'
}
Of course I already tried a lot of possible queries, but none of them returned the right, e.g.
db.test.find({'array.value':'value2'})
db.test.find({'array.value':'value2'}, {'array.value':1})
db.test.find({'array.value':'value2'}, {'array.value':'value2'})
Can someone help and show me, what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Using Positional operator
db.test.find(
{ "array.value": "value2" },
{ "array.$": 1, _id : 0 }
)
Output
{ "array" : [ { "name" : "test2", "value" : "value2" } ] }
Using aggregation
db.test.aggregate([
{ $unwind : "$array"},
{ $match : {"array.value" : "value2"}},
{ $project : { _id : 0, array : 1}}
])
output
{ "array" : { "name" : "test2", "value" : "value2" } }
Using Java Driver
MongoClient mongoClient = new MongoClient(new ServerAddress("localhost", 27017));
DB db = mongoClient.getDB("mydb");
DBCollection collection = db.getCollection("test");
DBObject unwind = new BasicDBObject("$unwind", "$array");
DBObject match = new BasicDBObject("$match", new BasicDBObject(
"array.value", "value2"));
DBObject project = new BasicDBObject("$project", new BasicDBObject(
"_id", 0).append("array", 1));
List<DBObject> pipeline = Arrays.asList(unwind, match, project);
AggregationOutput output = collection.aggregate(pipeline);
Iterable<DBObject> results = output.results();
for (DBObject result : results) {
System.out.println(result.get("array"));
}
output
{ "name" : "test2" , "value" : "value2"}

Answer 2

Try the $in operator like this:
db.test.find({"array.value" : { $in : ["value2"]}})

Answer 3

You can pass multiple find objects in element match for getting the exact answer.
db.test.find({'array':{$elemMatch:{value:"value2"}})
output: {'name' : 'test1','value': 'value1'}

Answer 4

Use $elemMatch and dot(.) to get your required output
db.getCollection('mobiledashboards').find({"_id": ObjectId("58c7da2adaa8d031ea699fff") },{ viewData: { $elemMatch : { "widgetData.widget.title" : "England" }}})