As a developer I can use Searcher to count matches only, without returning documents

• Type: Story
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Completed
• Affects Version/s: None
• Fix Version/s: 7.2.0 GA1
• Component/s: Search Infrastructure > Framework
• Labels:
  • 7.2-must
  • search-apr19
• Epic Link: Search capabilities in 7.2
• Sprint: Search | S02 Sprint 17
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/71947

A search request with size = 0 can be used to count matches on a query. The search response will hold the total count but no documents. Aggregations can be included in the request to provide secondary counts.

com.liferay.portal.search.searcher.SearchRequestBuilder.size(Integer)

com.liferay.portal.search.searcher.SearchResponse.getCount()