ItemSearchService (hybris Commerce Suite 2011)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultItemSearchService, ValidatingItemSearchService
```
public interface ItemSearchService
```
A service for searching items in the platform.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`countItems(@NotNull ItemSearchRequest request)`	Counts how many items in the platform match the provided request conditions.
`@NotNull ItemSearchResult<ItemModel>`	`findItems(@NotNull ItemSearchRequest request)`	Searches for `Item`s in the platform based on the provided request criteria.
`java.util.Optional<ItemModel>`	`findUniqueItem(@NotNull ItemSearchRequest request)`	Searches for a single `Item` matching the `request` criteria.

- Method Detail
  - findUniqueItem
```
java.util.Optional<ItemModel> findUniqueItem(@NotNull
                                             @NotNull ItemSearchRequest request)
```
    Searches for a single Item matching the request criteria.
    
    Parameters:
    
    request - item search request
    
    Returns:
    
    an Optional containing the matching item model or an empty Optional, if a matching item is not found.
    
    Throws:
    
    NonUniqueItemFoundException - if more than one matching item found for the request criteria.
  - findItems
```
@NotNull
@NotNull ItemSearchResult<ItemModel> findItems(@NotNull
                                               @NotNull ItemSearchRequest request)
```
    Searches for Items in the platform based on the provided request criteria.
    
    Parameters:
    
    request - a request containing search conditions, i.e. type of items to find, pagination parameters, etc
    
    Returns:
    
    result of the item search.
  - countItems
```
int countItems(@NotNull
               @NotNull ItemSearchRequest request)
```
    Counts how many items in the platform match the provided request conditions.
    
    Parameters:
    
    request - a request specifying the search criteria.
    
    Returns:
    
    number of items in the platform matching the search criteria.