/// <summary>
/// search categories by given criteria
/// </summary>
/// <param name="criteria"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public IPagedList <Category> SearchCategories(CatalogSearchCriteria criteria)
{
var workContext = _workContextFactory();
criteria = criteria.Clone();
//exclude products
criteria.ResponseGroup = criteria.ResponseGroup & (~CatalogSearchResponseGroup.WithProducts);
//include categories
criteria.ResponseGroup = criteria.ResponseGroup | CatalogSearchResponseGroup.WithCategories;
var searchCriteria = criteria.ToServiceModel(workContext);
var categories = _catalogModuleApi.CatalogModuleSearchSearch(searchCriteria).Categories.Select(x => x.ToWebModel(workContext.CurrentLanguage, workContext.CurrentStore)).ToList();
//API temporary does not support paginating request to categories (that's uses PagedList with superset)
return(new PagedList <Category>(categories, criteria.PageNumber, criteria.PageSize));
}
