Address and name formatting in the WebSphere Commerce tools
uses XML files to encapsulate the address or name format control information.
The XML files hold the address or name control information such as
what fields are required, the number of lines that constitute an address
or name format, the sequence, and nature of address or name attributes
that should be displayed on one line, and so on.
Procedure
- Create an XML file to hold your address format information.
For example:
<de_DE>
<line0 elements="nickName"/>
<line1 elements="title,space,firstName,space,lastName"/>
<line2 elements="address1,space,address2,space,address3"/>
<line3 elements="postalCode,space,city"/>
<line4 elements="region,comma,space,country"/>
<line5 elements="phoneNumber"/>
</de_DE>
For a sample implementation, see:
- WC_installdir/xml/tools/order/addressFormats.xml
- WC_userdir/xml/tools/order/addressFormats.xml
- WC_installdir\xml\tools\order\addressFormats.xml
- workspace_dir\wc\xml\tools\order\addressFormats.xml
- Use the tools framework XMLUtil.get(Hashtable tree, String
path) to parse your XML file. This method is one of the utility classes
to read and write XML files and strings contained in the tools framework.
When reading XML files and strings, these parsers convert the XML
data into a hashtable.
- Use the address format control information stored in the
hashtable created in the previous step to display the formatted address
attributes to the end user as shown in the following is an example:
- WC_installdir/wc.ear/CommerceAccelerator.war/tools/order/OrderBillingAddressPage.jsp
- WC_userdir/wc.ear/CommerceAccelerator.war/tools/order/OrderBillingAddressPage.jsp
- WC_installdir\wc.ear\CommerceAccelerator.war\tools\order\OrderBillingAddressPage.jsp
- WCDE_installdir\wc.ear\CommerceAccelerator.war\tools\order\OrderBillingAddressPage.jsp