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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.
Updating the metaphor settings
After you have prepared a metaphor, you can change the following from the user interface or by editing the XML input file.

Deprecated feature

Updating the metaphor settings

After you have prepared a metaphor, you can change the following from the user interface or by editing the XML input file.

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The feature attribute settings for a Product Exploration metaphor or a Product Comparison metaphor
The Question and answer tree for a Guided Sell metaphor
The template for any metaphor