Setting up the development environment for creating HCL Commerce services

HCL Commerce Developer is the development environment used for creating HCL Commerce services.

About this task

The following steps are necessary to create HCL Commerce services in HCL Commerce Developer.

Procedure

  1. Install the JET pattern plugins:
    1. Create the folder RAD_installdir/dropins.
    2. Extract the following ZIP files into the dropins folder. 
      WCDE_installdir\setup\plugins\com.ibm.commerce.toolkit.internal.pattern.componentprojects_9.0.0.0.zip
WCDE_installdir\setup\plugins\com.ibm.commerce.toolkit.internal.pattern.pageLayout_9.0.0.0.zip
WCDE_installdir\setup\plugins\com.ibm.commerce.toolkit.internal.pattern.rest_9.0.0.0.zip
      You should see 3 plugins in RAD_installdir\dropins\wcde\eclipse\plugins.
  2. Start HCL Commerce Developer.
  3. Refresh the WC project to see the new HCL Commerce services code:
    1. Open the Java EE perspective.
    2. In the Enterprise Explorer view, right-click on the WC project and click Refresh.
  4. Enable the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF), Web Service Developer, and XML Developer capabilities in HCL Commerce Developer:
    1. Select Window > Preferences.
    2. Expand General > Capabilities in the left pane.
    3. Select the required capabilities in the main pane:
      • Development > Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF)
      • Web Service Developer
      • XML Developer

      Selecting the required capabilities in the main pane

    4. Click OK.

What to do next

After performing this task, you can create an HCL Commerce service module.