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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.
Customizing marketing
Working with Product Advisor
JSP pages in Product Advisor
Product Advisor uses JavaServer Pages (JSP) for building dynamic Web content for shopping metaphors. You can use WebSphere Commerce development environment to design your pages. For the portions of the page requiring dynamic data, Java beans are added to the page, using the <jsp:useBean> tag.
Sample: Product Advisor JSP files
Product Advisor uses JavaServer Pages (JSP) for building dynamic Web content for shopping metaphors. You can use WebSphere Commerce development environment to design your pages. This section refers to sample JSP file.
Sample: Guided Sell JSP file
The Guided Sell page displays a list of questions and their corresponding answers that customers can select from. Each answer determines the next question, Product Advisor metaphor, or other URL that the customer will see. The Guided Sell sample JSP file uses the SalesAssistantDataBean.getQuestion() method to display the current question, and then uses the getAnswers() method to retrieve all possible answers for that question. Finally, the SalesAssistantHistoryDataBean and SalesAssistantHistoryWidget bean retrieve and display the customer's question and answer history.

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Sample: Guided Sell JSP file

The Guided Sell page displays a list of questions and their corresponding answers that customers can select from. Each answer determines the next question, Product Advisor metaphor, or other URL that the customer will see. The Guided Sell sample JSP file uses the SalesAssistantDataBean.getQuestion() method to display the current question, and then uses the getAnswers() method to retrieve all possible answers for that question. Finally, the SalesAssistantHistoryDataBean and SalesAssistantHistoryWidget bean retrieve and display the customer's question and answer history.

The Guided Sell sample JSP file is located in the following directory:

WCDE_installdir\samples\web\pa\sa51.jsp

The Guided Sell sample JSP file uses the following beans:


Type of Bean	Bean Name
WebSphere Commerce beans	CategoryDataBean
Dynamic data beans	ProductCountDataBean, GenericLinkDataBean, SalesAssistantDataBean, SalesAssistantHistoryDataBean
Widget beans	SalesAssistantHistoryWidget