diff --git a/src/FacadeTrait.php b/src/FacadeTrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbd8057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FacadeTrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace JsonMachine;
+
+use JsonMachine\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use JsonMachine\JsonDecoder\ExtJsonDecoder;
+use JsonMachine\JsonDecoder\ItemDecoder;
+
+trait FacadeTrait
+{
+    /**
+     * @var iterable
+     */
+    private $chunks;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $jsonPointer;
+
+    /**
+     * @var ItemDecoder|null
+     */
+    private $jsonDecoder;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Parser
+     */
+    private $parser;
+
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $debugEnabled;
+
+    /**
+     * @todo Make private when PHP 7 stops being supported
+     */
+    protected abstract function recursive(): bool;
+
+    /**
+     * @param iterable $bytesIterator
+     *
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function __construct($bytesIterator, array $options = [])
+    {
+        $options = new ItemsOptions($options);
+
+        $this->chunks = $bytesIterator;
+        $this->jsonPointer = $options['pointer'];
+        $this->jsonDecoder = $options['decoder'];
+        $this->debugEnabled = $options['debug'];
+
+        if ($this->debugEnabled) {
+            $tokensClass = TokensWithDebugging::class;
+        } else {
+            $tokensClass = Tokens::class;
+        }
+
+        $this->parser = new Parser(
+            new $tokensClass(
+                $this->chunks
+            ),
+            $this->jsonPointer,
+            $this->jsonDecoder ?: new ExtJsonDecoder(),
+            $this->recursive()
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $string
+     *
+     * @return self
+     *
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public static function fromString($string, array $options = [])
+    {
+        return new self(new StringChunks($string), $options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $file
+     *
+     * @return self
+     *
+     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public static function fromFile($file, array $options = [])
+    {
+        return new self(new FileChunks($file), $options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param resource $stream
+     *
+     * @return self
+     *
+     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public static function fromStream($stream, array $options = [])
+    {
+        return new self(new StreamChunks($stream), $options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param iterable $iterable
+     *
+     * @return self
+     *
+     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public static function fromIterable($iterable, array $options = [])
+    {
+        return new self($iterable, $options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Generator
+     *
+     * @throws Exception\PathNotFoundException
+     */
+    #[\ReturnTypeWillChange]
+    public function getIterator()
+    {
+        return $this->parser->getIterator();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws Exception\JsonMachineException
+     */
+    public function getPosition()
+    {
+        return $this->parser->getPosition();
+    }
+
+    public function getJsonPointers(): array
+    {
+        return $this->parser->getJsonPointers();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws Exception\JsonMachineException
+     */
+    public function getCurrentJsonPointer(): string
+    {
+        return $this->parser->getCurrentJsonPointer();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws Exception\JsonMachineException
+     */
+    public function getMatchedJsonPointer(): string
+    {
+        return $this->parser->getMatchedJsonPointer();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isDebugEnabled()
+    {
+        return $this->debugEnabled;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Items.php b/src/Items.php
index 37f2d10..5749f8a 100644
--- a/src/Items.php
+++ b/src/Items.php
@@ -4,163 +4,15 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace JsonMachine;
 
-use JsonMachine\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
-use JsonMachine\JsonDecoder\ExtJsonDecoder;
-use JsonMachine\JsonDecoder\ItemDecoder;
-
 /**
  * Entry-point facade for JSON Machine.
  */
 final class Items implements \IteratorAggregate, PositionAware
 {
-    /**
-     * @var iterable
-     */
-    private $chunks;
+    use FacadeTrait;
 
-    /**
-     * @var string
-     */
-    private $jsonPointer;
-
-    /**
-     * @var ItemDecoder|null
-     */
-    private $jsonDecoder;
-
-    /**
-     * @var Parser
-     */
-    private $parser;
-
-    /**
-     * @var bool
-     */
-    private $debugEnabled;
-
-    /**
-     * @param iterable $bytesIterator
-     *
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     */
-    public function __construct($bytesIterator, array $options = [])
+    protected function recursive(): bool
     {
-        $options = new ItemsOptions($options);
-
-        $this->chunks = $bytesIterator;
-        $this->jsonPointer = $options['pointer'];
-        $this->jsonDecoder = $options['decoder'];
-        $this->debugEnabled = $options['debug'];
-
-        if ($this->debugEnabled) {
-            $tokensClass = TokensWithDebugging::class;
-        } else {
-            $tokensClass = Tokens::class;
-        }
-
-        $this->parser = new Parser(
-            new $tokensClass(
-                $this->chunks
-            ),
-            $this->jsonPointer,
-            $this->jsonDecoder ?: new ExtJsonDecoder(),
-            $options['recursive']
-        );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $string
-     *
-     * @return self
-     *
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     */
-    public static function fromString($string, array $options = [])
-    {
-        return new self(new StringChunks($string), $options);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $file
-     *
-     * @return self
-     *
-     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
-     */
-    public static function fromFile($file, array $options = [])
-    {
-        return new self(new FileChunks($file), $options);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param resource $stream
-     *
-     * @return self
-     *
-     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
-     */
-    public static function fromStream($stream, array $options = [])
-    {
-        return new self(new StreamChunks($stream), $options);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param iterable $iterable
-     *
-     * @return self
-     *
-     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
-     */
-    public static function fromIterable($iterable, array $options = [])
-    {
-        return new self($iterable, $options);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return \Generator
-     *
-     * @throws Exception\PathNotFoundException
-     */
-    #[\ReturnTypeWillChange]
-    public function getIterator()
-    {
-        return $this->parser->getIterator();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @throws Exception\JsonMachineException
-     */
-    public function getPosition()
-    {
-        return $this->parser->getPosition();
-    }
-
-    public function getJsonPointers(): array
-    {
-        return $this->parser->getJsonPointers();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @throws Exception\JsonMachineException
-     */
-    public function getCurrentJsonPointer(): string
-    {
-        return $this->parser->getCurrentJsonPointer();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @throws Exception\JsonMachineException
-     */
-    public function getMatchedJsonPointer(): string
-    {
-        return $this->parser->getMatchedJsonPointer();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function isDebugEnabled()
-    {
-        return $this->debugEnabled;
+        return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/RecursiveItems.php b/src/RecursiveItems.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d470ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/RecursiveItems.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace JsonMachine;
+
+/**
+ * Entry-point facade for recursive iteration.
+ */
+final class RecursiveItems implements \IteratorAggregate, PositionAware
+{
+    use FacadeTrait;
+
+    protected function recursive(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/JsonMachineTest/ItemsTest.php b/test/JsonMachineTest/ItemsTest.php
index ebe009c..b68668a 100644
--- a/test/JsonMachineTest/ItemsTest.php
+++ b/test/JsonMachineTest/ItemsTest.php
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ namespace JsonMachineTest;
 
 use JsonMachine\Items;
 use JsonMachine\JsonDecoder\PassThruDecoder;
-use Traversable;
 
 /**
  * @covers \JsonMachine\Items
+ * @covers \JsonMachine\RecursiveItems
  */
 class ItemsTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
@@ -147,16 +147,4 @@ class ItemsTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $this->assertSame(3, iterator_count($items));
     }
-
-    public function testRecursiveIteration()
-    {
-        $items = Items::fromString('[[":)"]]', ['recursive' => true]);
-
-        foreach ($items as $emojis) {
-            $this->assertInstanceOf(Traversable::class, $emojis);
-            foreach ($emojis as $emoji) {
-                $this->assertSame(':)', $emoji);
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }