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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 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.
Deploying customizations to the IBM Sales Center
Depending on the number of clients and frequency of updates required, you have several choices for installing and updating the IBM Sales Center.
Role-based customization in IBM Sales Center
In the IBM Sales Center, many user interface elements can be hidden and displayed based on selected role.
Extending roles and activity sets
In the IBM Sales Center, many user interface elements can be hidden and displayed based on selected role. This section explains how to extend roles and activity sets.

Extending roles and activity sets

In the IBM Sales Center, many user interface elements can be hidden and displayed based on selected role. This section explains how to extend roles and activity sets.

About this task

Sales Center provides an extension point, com.ibm.commerce.telesales.roles, to map the activity set based on roles. The purpose of this extension point is to allow plug-ins to define which activities the WebSphere Commerce role supports.

Procedure

Extend the roles extension point to define new role.
Extend the activitySet extension point to define the activity sets.
Extend the activity extension point to define the new activity.
Add the activityId attribute in the controls that you want to show up in the UI and add the ID that you have created in Step 3.