Tutorial: Extending a Struts action

In this tutorial, you learn how to extend Struts actions in the context of WebSphere Commerce store development. Specifically, you are creating a new action class, MyNewAction, that extends the WebSphere Commerce BaseAction class. Then, you configure an existing starter store action to use MyNewAction as its implementation class.

When a customer accesses a store page from a predefined referral website, such as a business partner search engine, the MyNewAction action creates a cookie. The cookie stores the referring website's URL. The URL can be used to pay royalties to the referring website if the customer completes a purchase within a predetermined time. The URL can also be used to simply gather statistics.