The MongoDB (prior to v3.4) shell command for your use case is:
db.collection.aggregate([
{
"$redact": {
"$cond": [
{ "$gt": [ "$pub-date", "$rel-date" ] },
"$$KEEP",
"$$PRUNE"
]
}
}
])
Translating this command into Java you'll get:
MongoClient mongoClient = ...;
MongoCollection<Document> collection = mongoClient.getDatabase("...").getCollection("...");
List<Document> documents = collection.aggregate(Arrays.asList(
new Document("$redact", new Document("$cond",
Arrays.asList(new Document("$gt", Arrays.asList("$pub-date", "$rel-date")), "$$KEEP", "$$PRUNE"))
))).into(new ArrayList<>());
for (Document document : documents) {
System.out.println(document.toJson());
}
Given a collection with these documents ...
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5acb40d27d63b61cb002bafe"),
"title" : "WingsOfFire",
"pub-date" : ISODate("2013-10-02T00:00:00.000Z"),
"rel-date" : ISODate("2013-11-02T00:00:00.000Z")
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5acb662756539a6734e64e4a"),
"title" : "WingsOfSmoke",
"pub-date" : ISODate("2013-11-02T00:00:00.000Z"),
"rel-date" : ISODate("2013-10-02T00:00:00.000Z")
}
.. the above Java code will print ...
{ "_id" : { "$oid" : "5acb662756539a6734e64e4a" }, "title" : "WingsOfSmoke", "pub-date" : { "$date" : 1383350400000 }, "rel-date" : { "$date" : 1380672000000 } }
... because this document's pub-date (2013-11-02T00:00:00.000Z) is after its rel-date (2013-10-02T00:00:00.000Z).
Note: the $where operator is functionally equivalent but use of that operator comes with some limitations:
$where evaluates JavaScript and cannot take advantage of indexes. Therefore, query performance improves when you express your query using the standard MongoDB operators (e.g., $gt, $in).
In general, you should use $where only when you can’t express your query using another operator. If you must use $where, try to include at least one other standard query operator to filter the result set. Using $where alone requires a collection scan.
