ProductType¶

ProductType extends CatalogElement and implements ProductNodeContainerInterface.

This class defines the methods needed to instantiate a Product Type.

Identifier	Type	Description
`childProducts`	CatalogElement[]	Array of products that belong to this Product Type
`shortDescription`	TextBlockField (FieldInterface)	Short description
`longDescription`	TextBlockField (FieldInterface)	Long description
`specifications`	AbstractField[]	A list of specifications of a product
`imageList`	ImageField[] (FieldInterface[])	A list of images
`displayInSearch`	bool	`true` if the ProductType should be displayed in the search result
`displayInProductList`	bool	`true` if the ProductType should be displayed in the product list result

Name	Parameters	Return value	Throws	Description
`getChildProducts`		`CatalogElement[]`		Returns all child products
`addChildProducts`	`ProductNode[]`		InvalidArgumentException	Adds the products passed as argument to the list of child products
`hasChildProducts`		int		Returns the number of children
`getChildProductBySku`	string	CatalogElement		Returns the child product that has the SKU passed as an argument
`addChildProduct`	`ProductNode`			Adds a single product to the list of child products

ProductType search¶

A ProductType element can appear in the result of a search for products.

For this to happen you need to modify the configuration by adding ses_product_type to the product list or product search.

use_display_in_product_list_flag enables or disables the use of the productType flag when displayed in product search and product list.

Additionally, a Product Type indexes all data from its products. You can disable this using the following configuration:

parameters:
    siso_search.default.cp_to_product_type: false

Disabling this feature results in quicker indexing but product data is not indexed alongside Product Types.

Search results display Product Types using the EshopBundle/Resources/views/Catalog/listProductTypeNode.html.twig template.