HABApp - Basic questions about OpenhabItem

Apps & Services 3rd Party
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I have some basic question about the usage of OpenhabItem:

Constructor

    def __init__(self, name: str, initial_value: Any = None,
                 label: Optional[str] = None, tags: FrozenSet[str] = frozenset(), groups: FrozenSet[str] = frozenset(),
                 metadata: Mapping[str, MetaData] = Map()):

In which use cases the constructor is used?

All I have seen is in the form

my_item_val = OpenhabItem.get_item("MyItem").get_value()
OpenhabItem.get_item("isSunsetTimeLightsON").oh_send_command("OFF")
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The constructor can be used to create an item that is detached from the registry - e.g. for testing (tbd)