/**
* Retrieve compare list items collection
*
* @return Collection
*/
public function getItemCollection()
{
if (!$this->_itemCollection) {
// cannot be placed in constructor because of the cyclic dependency which cannot be fixed with proxy class
// collection uses this helper in constructor when calling isEnabledFlat() method
$this->_itemCollection = $this->_itemCollectionFactory->create();
$this->_itemCollection->useProductItem(true)->setStoreId($this->_storeManager->getStore()->getId());
if ($this->_customerSession->isLoggedIn()) {
$this->_itemCollection->setCustomerId($this->_customerSession->getCustomerId());
} elseif ($this->_customerId) {
$this->_itemCollection->setCustomerId($this->_customerId);
} else {
$this->_itemCollection->setVisitorId($this->_customerVisitor->getId());
}
$this->_itemCollection->setVisibility($this->_catalogProductVisibility->getVisibleInSiteIds());
/* Price data is added to consider item stock status using price index */
$this->_itemCollection->addPriceData();
$this->_itemCollection->addAttributeToSelect('name')->addUrlRewrite()->load();
/* update compare items count */
$this->_catalogSession->setCatalogCompareItemsCount(count($this->_itemCollection));
}
return $this->_itemCollection;
}
