Aggregation aggregation = newAggregation(
    match(Criteria.where("idOfUser").is(loggedInAccount.getId())),
    group("imgID"),
    new CustomAggregationOperation(
        new BasicDBObject("$lookup",
        new BasicDBObject("from","img")
            .append("localField","_id")
            .append("foreignField","_id")
            .append("as","uniqueImgs")
        )
    ),
    limit(pageable.getPageSize()),
    skip(pageable.getPageSize()*pageable.getPageNumber())
);

AggregationResults aggregationResults = mongo.aggregate(aggregation, "comment", String.class); //Using String at the moment just to see the output clearly.

public class CustomAggregationOperation implements AggregationOperation {
    private DBObject operation;

    public CustomAggregationOperation (DBObject operation) {
        this.operation = operation;
    }

    @Override
    public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
        return context.getMappedObject(operation);
    }
}

[{ "_id" : "570e2f5cb1b9125510a443f5" , "uniqueImgs" : [ ]}]

LookupOperation lookupOperation = LookupOperation.newLookup()
    .from("img")
    .localField("_id")
    .foreignField("_id")
    .as("uniqueImgs");

Aggregation agg = newAggregation(
    match(Criteria.where("idOfUser").is(loggedInAccount.getId())),
    group("imgID"),
    lookupOperation,
    limit(pageable.getPageSize()),
    skip(pageable.getPageSize()*pageable.getPageNumber())
);

AggregationResults aggregationResults = mongo.aggregate(agg, "comment", String.clas);

db.country.aggregate([{ $lookup: { from: "state", localField: "countryId", foreignField: "countryId", as: "address"}}])

My following code in java ,however, returns an empty list .
LookupOperation lookUpOprn = LookupOperation.newLookup()
                .from("state")
                .localField("countryId")
                .foreignField("countryId")
                .as("address");
    List<BasicDBObject> list =  mongoTemplate.aggregate(aggregation, "country", BasicDBObject.class).getMappedResults();

Can you please help