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The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Developing
The topics in the Developing section describe tasks performed by an application developer.
Customizing WebSphere Commerce
You can extend the WebSphere Commerce product to fit your business needs. This topic describes the prerequisite skills and required knowledge that you need to customize business logic. After you have the required knowledge, use WebSphere Commerce Developer to take tutorials that guide you step-by-step through various customization scenarios.
Member subsystem
The Member subsystem is a component of the WebSphere Commerce Server that includes data for participants of the WebSphere Commerce system. A member can be a user, a group of users (also known as a member group), or an organizational entity (which can be an organization, such as "IBM" or an organizational unit within an organization, such as "Electronic Commerce Division"). Business logic in the Member subsystem provides member registration and profile management services. Other services which are closely related to the Member subsystem include access control, authentication, and session management.
Member search
The member search feature provides a mechanism for performing member searches without the need to write new EJB code. You can create query objects and customize them to suit particular search requirements.
ECOrganizationQuery object
The ECOrganizationQuery object, used to perform member search, can be extended. The ECOrganizationQuery object works just like the ECUserQuery object.

ECOrganizationQuery object

The ECOrganizationQuery object, used to perform member search, can be extended. The ECOrganizationQuery object works just like the ECUserQuery object.

You can query these tables:


Database table	Description
ORGENTITY	The organization's ORGENTITY record
ADDRESS	The address for the organization.
MBRATTRVAL	The member attribute values for this organization
MBRREL	The organization's ancestor hierarchy

This means that you can search based on any numeric or string attribute in any of these tables.

Example: Search organizations by organization name

ECOrganizationQuery query = new ECOrganizationQuery(); 

WhereClauseSearchCondition whereClause = 
  new WhereClauseSearchCondition(
  new TableField("ORGENTITY", "ORGENTITYNAME"),
  WhereClauseSearchCondition.SEARCHTYPE_CASESENSITIVE_STARTSWITH,
  "myParentOrgName"); 

query.setWhereClause(whereClause); 

Vector vecResults =
  (new UserSearchAccessBean())
  .executeCustomizeableMemberSearch(query);