diff --git a/src/Metadata/Collection/TypeCollection.php b/src/Metadata/Collection/TypeCollection.php
index 1a30c7d..de06922 100644
--- a/src/Metadata/Collection/TypeCollection.php
+++ b/src/Metadata/Collection/TypeCollection.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 use IteratorAggregate;
 use Soap\Engine\Exception\MetadataException;
 use Soap\Engine\Metadata\Model\Type;
-use function array_key_exists;
 use function Psl\Dict\reindex;
 
 /**
@@ -108,17 +107,21 @@ public function fetchFirstByName(string $name): Type
         throw MetadataException::typeNotFound($name);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Convention: fetch* throws when the type is missing, find* returns null.
+     */
+    public function findByNameAndXmlNamespace(string $name, string $namespace): ?Type
+    {
+        return $this->qualifiedLookup[self::createLookupKey($name, $namespace)] ?? null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @throws MetadataException
      */
     public function fetchByNameAndXmlNamespace(string $name, string $namespace): Type
     {
-        $lookupKey = self::createLookupKey($name, $namespace);
-        if (!array_key_exists($lookupKey, $this->qualifiedLookup)) {
-            throw MetadataException::typeNotFound($name);
-        }
-
-        return $this->qualifiedLookup[$lookupKey];
+        return $this->findByNameAndXmlNamespace($name, $namespace)
+            ?? throw MetadataException::typeNotFound($name);
     }
 
     private static function createLookupKey(string $name, string $namespace): string
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Metadata/Collection/TypeCollectionTest.php b/tests/Unit/Metadata/Collection/TypeCollectionTest.php
index d680a66..1a050c5 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Metadata/Collection/TypeCollectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Metadata/Collection/TypeCollectionTest.php
@@ -58,6 +58,22 @@ public function test_it_can_fail_fetching_by_name_and_namespace_invalid_namespac
         $this->collection->fetchByNameAndXmlNamespace('Response', 'http://invalid');
     }
 
+    public function test_it_can_find_by_name_and_namespace(): void
+    {
+        $type = $this->collection->findByNameAndXmlNamespace('Response', 'http://namesapce');
+        static::assertSame('Response', $type?->getName());
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_finds_nothing_by_name_and_namespace_for_invalid_name(): void
+    {
+        static::assertNull($this->collection->findByNameAndXmlNamespace('nope', 'http://namesapce'));
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_finds_nothing_by_name_and_namespace_for_other_namespace(): void
+    {
+        static::assertNull($this->collection->findByNameAndXmlNamespace('Response', 'http://invalid'));
+    }
+
     public function test_it_can_reduce(): void
     {
         $result = $this->collection->reduce(static fn (int $i, Type $item) => $i + 1, 0);