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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
Creating a metaphor XML input file
Create an XML input file to specify which store's metaphors you want to build, update, or delete with the create metaphor scheduler command.
Preparing a Product metaphor
The steps in this section explain how to prepare a Product Comparison metaphor or a Product Exploration metaphor for a category.
Changing the sort setting
This steps in this section explain how to change the sequence in which the feature values display.

Deprecated feature

Changing the sort setting

This steps in this section explain how to change the sequence in which the feature values display.

Procedure

Edit the XML input file
Find the sort element corresponding to the feature that you want to configure. The sort element will be inside the feature element.
To list the feature values in ascending order (lowest to highest), set sort to 1. To list the feature values in descending order (highest to lowest), set sort to 2.
Save the XML file.
Update the production server by importing the updated XML file.