*/
    protected long deleteDocumentByQuery(final SearchEngineClient searchEngineClient, final String index, final QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
        return searchEngineClient.deleteByQuery(index, queryBuilder);
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves a document from the search index by its ID.
     *
     * @param searchEngineClient the search engine client to use for retrieval

     * @param queryBuilder the query that defines which documents to delete
     * @return a result object containing information about the delete operation
     */
    SuggestWriterResult deleteByQuery(Client client, SuggestSettings settings, String index, QueryBuilder queryBuilder);

    /**
     * Merges an array of SuggestItem objects by combining items with the same ID.
     *

        boolean result = SuggestUtil.deleteByQuery(client, settings, TEST_INDEX, QueryBuilders.termQuery("nonexistent", "value"));
        assertTrue(result); // Should still return true even with no matches
    }

    @Test(expected = SuggesterException.class)
    public void testDeleteByQueryWithInvalidIndex() {
        // Test delete with non-existent index

        runner.refresh();

        assertEquals(3, suggester.getAllWordsNum());

        SuggestWriterResult result = writer.deleteByQuery(runner.client(), suggester.settings(), suggester.getIndex(),
                QueryBuilders.matchQuery(FieldNames.TEXT, "テスト0"));

        assertNotNull(result);
        assertFalse(result.hasFailure());

        suggester.indexer().index(item);
        suggester.refresh();

        SuggestDeleteResponse deleteResponse = suggester.indexer().deleteByQuery(FieldNames.TEXT + ":テスト");

        assertNotNull(deleteResponse);
        assertFalse(deleteResponse.hasError());
    }

    @Test
    public void test_deleteByQueryBuilder() throws Exception {

     *
     * @param request The HTTP servlet request
     * @param params The search request parameters to identify documents to delete
     * @return Number of documents deleted
     */
    public long deleteByQuery(final HttpServletRequest request, final SearchRequestParams params) {
        final String query = ComponentUtil.getQueryStringBuilder().params(params).build();

     * @return true if the operation completes successfully
     * @throws SuggesterException if any error occurs during the delete operation
     */
    public static boolean deleteByQuery(final Client client, final SuggestSettings settings, final String index,
            final QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
        try {
            SearchResponse response = client.prepareSearch(index)

    protected void deleteKeyFromArray(final String index, final String type, final String key) {
        final String actualIndex = index + "." + type.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
        try {
            SuggestUtil.deleteByQuery(client, settings, actualIndex, QueryBuilders.termQuery(FieldNames.ARRAY_KEY, key));
        } catch (final Exception e) {
            throw new SuggestSettingsException("Failed to delete all from array.", e);
        }

                searchEngineClient.admin().indices().prepareRefresh(index).execute().actionGet();
                final long numOfDeleted = searchEngineClient.deleteByQuery(index, queryBuilder);
                logger.info("[{}] Deleted {} stale documents.", dataConfig.getName(), numOfDeleted);
            } catch (final Exception e) {

     *
     * @param index        the index name
     * @param queryBuilder the query to match documents for deletion
     * @return the number of documents deleted
     */
    public long deleteByQuery(final String index, final QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {

        final FessConfig fessConfig = ComponentUtil.getFessConfig();
        SearchResponse response = client.prepareSearch(index)