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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.
Customizing the Management Center user interface
Customize the Management Center user interface by adding, changing, or removing elements within the user interface.
Creating a new tool for the Management Center
The Management Center offers the Catalogs, Marketing, Promotions, Installments, Store Management, Catalog Filter and Pricing, Assets, and Tasks tools, ready to use. As part of your Management Center customization, you can create a new custom tool.

Creating a new tool for the Management Center

The Management Center offers the Catalogs, Marketing, Promotions, Feature Pack 1

Installments, Introduced in Feature Pack 2

Store Management, Catalog Filter and Pricing, Assets, and Tasks tools, ready to use. As part of your Management Center customization, you can create a new custom tool.All tools are instances of the lzx/commerce/foundation/restricted/BusinessObjectEditor.lzx/wcfBusinessObjectEditor class and display in separate tabs within the Management Center.

About this task

When you create a new tool, you define the objects and artifacts for the tool, which are consumed by the Management Center framework: