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User Guide
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 IBM Sales Center
In the IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce there is a set of user interface panels, views and dialogs that contain the most commonly used features. You can add to or configure the user interface to suit your needs, as well as changing the content and format of the data that is passed between the client and the server.
Sales Center Auto-logon
The IBM Sales Center client provides default autologon support for the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the Organization Administration Console. The autologon feature can be extended to any external Web based application.

Sales Center Auto-logon

The IBM Sales Center client provides default autologon support for the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the Organization Administration Console. The autologon feature can be extended to any external Web based application.

The IBM Sales Center uses the browser application support provided by WebSphere Everyplace Deployment. The extension point that is used to define the IBM WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and Organization Administration Console applications is com.ibm.eswe.workbench.WctWebApplication. The declarations for these applications can be found in the plug-in manifest file (plugin.xml) of the com.ibm.commerce.telesales.ui.impl plug-in. The URL provider class that is part of those declarations is responsible for adding the auto logon token to the URL. The URL providers for the IBM WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and Organization Administration Console applications both subclass the AutoLogonUrlProvider class.

There is also an auto-logon extension point that adds the application to the auto-logon preference page.