public static ItemObject getItemObjectByName( String itemName ) {
    ItemObject result = null;
    Iterator<ItemObject>   iterItems;
    ItemObject itemObject;

    iterItems = _itemList.iterator();
    while ( iterItems.hasNext() ) {

      itemObject = (ItemObject) iterItems.next();
      if ( itemObject != null ) {
        if ( itemObject.getItemName().equals( itemName ) ) {
          result = itemObject;
        } // if
      } // if

    } // while

    return result;
  } // getItemObjectByName -----------------------------------------------------