Functional architecture

Functional architecture provides both the set of patterns used to implement the business functionality and the frameworks in which these business functions execute.

The areas of business functionality of WebSphere Commerce include:

  • catalog
  • merchandising
  • marketing
  • promotions
  • trading
  • user management
  • order management

The frameworks in WebSphere Commerce are:

  • calculation framework
  • reporting framework
  • Tools framework
  • Business policy framework
  • MVC
  • Command framework
  • Runtime framework