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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.
Management Center framework
The Management Center framework is the foundation for business user tooling. The business objects are defined by the individual components that make up the Management Center. The framework uses those definitions to provide all of the features that you can use to find, create, modify, and delete the defined business objects. If you plan to customize the Management Center, it is important to understand the framework and the components that make up the Management Center.
Customizing the Management Center user interface
Customize the Management Center user interface by adding, changing, or removing elements within the user interface.
Language-sensitive objects
Language-sensitive objects are business objects that contain translatable information. Translatable information is information that can be translated into multiple languages. For example, product names and descriptions that are offered in multiple languages are language-sensitive objects.

Language-sensitive objects

Language-sensitive objects are business objects that contain translatable information. Translatable information is information that can be translated into multiple languages. For example, product names and descriptions that are offered in multiple languages are language-sensitive objects.

Model translatable information with instances of the wcfChildObjectDefinition class that have the languageSensitive attribute set to true. Language-sensitive object definitions must set the idProperty to languageId. The Management Center framework uses the value of the languageId property to determine which language to load.

If a business user selects multiple input languages from the Select Input Language dialog, the Management Center framework loads and creates instances of the language-sensitive objects, as required.