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+/*
+ * #%L
+ * Alfresco Records Management Module
+ * %%
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2020 Alfresco Software Limited
+ * %%
+ * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
+ * -
+ * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
+ * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
+ * provided under the following open source license terms:
+ * -
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * -
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ * -
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * #L%
+ */
+package org.alfresco.rest.core.search;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.alfresco.rest.search.Pagination;
+import org.alfresco.rest.search.RestRequestQueryModel;
+import org.alfresco.rest.search.SearchRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Builder class for creating a search api request
+ * @author Rodica Sutu
+ * @since  2.6.0.2
+ */
+public class SearchRequestBuilder extends SearchRequest
+{
+    /**
+     * Constructor for Search API Request
+     */
+    public SearchRequestBuilder()
+    {
+        new SearchRequest();
+    }
+    /**
+     * Set the sql statement for the SearchRequest
+     *
+     * @param query
+     * @return search  request
+     */
+    public SearchRequestBuilder setQueryBuilder(RestRequestQueryModel query)
+    {
+        super.setQuery(query);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the paging statement for the SearchRequest
+     *
+     * @param paging
+     * @return search request
+     */
+    public SearchRequestBuilder setPagingBuilder(Pagination paging)
+    {
+        super.setPaging(paging);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the pagination properties
+     */
+    public Pagination setPagination(Integer maxItems, Integer skipCount)
+    {
+        Pagination pagination = new Pagination();
+        pagination.setMaxItems(maxItems);
+        pagination.setSkipCount(skipCount);
+        return pagination;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the paging statement for the SearchRequest
+     *
+     * @param fields
+     * @return search request
+     */
+    public SearchRequestBuilder setFieldsBuilder(List<String> fields)
+    {
+        super.setFields(fields);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+}