Configuration services

You can use configuration services to retrieve configuration data and context data for business objects, such as the master catalog ID or any available shipping modes.

Configuration services return an XML file that contains a list of values. The top element in the file must be named values. The child elements are a list of named values. The following code snippet provides an example of the XML response from a service that returns the master catalog ID:
<values> 
<masterCatalogId>1000</masterCatalogId> 
</values> 
Management Center uses the following types of configuration services:
InitService
Returns a list of the values that are assigned as values to matching context value instances.
PropertyValueService
Returns a list of the possible values for a property definition from the HCL Commerce server. An instance of a property combination box widget that matches the defined property displays the possible values in a drop-down list.