final BulkRequestBuilder bulkRequestBuilder = client.prepareBulk();

        final SuggestItem[] mergedItems = mergeItems(items);
        if (mergedItems.length == 0) {
            return new SuggestWriterResult();
        }

        for (final SuggestItem item : mergedItems) {
            final GetResponse getResponse = client.prepareGet().setIndex(index).setId(item.getId()).get(settings.getIndexTimeout());

     * converted back to an array and returned.</p>
     *
     * @param items an array of SuggestItem objects to be merged
     * @return an array of merged SuggestItem objects
     */
    default SuggestItem[] mergeItems(final SuggestItem[] items) {
        final Set<String> mergedIdSet = new HashSet<>();
        final List<SuggestItem> mergedList = new ArrayList<>(items.length);

        for (final SuggestItem item1 : items) {