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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.
Presentation layer
WebSphere Commerce uses Java Server Pages (JSP) to implement the view layer of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern. The view layer is in charge of retrieving data from the database through the use of data beans and formatting it to meet the display requirements. The view layers determines whether the request is sent to a browser or streamed out as XML. JSP files present a clean separation between data content and presentation.
Management Center framework
The Management Center framework is the foundation for business user tooling. The business objects are defined by the individual components that make up the Management Center. The framework uses those definitions to provide all of the features that you can use to find, create, modify, and delete the defined business objects. If you plan to customize the Management Center, it is important to understand the framework and the components that make up the Management Center.
Property definitions
A property is a named value that is associated with a business object, such as the partnumber of a product object. You can use a property definition to describe a specific property to the framework.

Property definitions

A property is a named value that is associated with a business object, such as the partnumber of a product object. You can use a property definition to describe a specific property to the framework.

You do not need a property definition for every property. You only need to declare a property definition if you must describe the property to the framework. For example, if the property is a required property, you can use a property definition to indicate that it is required. If the business user does not specify a value for a required property, the framework displays a warning.

The wcfPropertyDefinition class describes a single object property of the parent object definition. A property definition can only be declared as an immediate sub-node of an instance of wcfObjectDefinition.