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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.
Customizing marketing
Working with Product Advisor
Creating a metaphor XML input file
Create an XML input file to specify which store's metaphors you want to build, update, or delete with the create metaphor scheduler command.
Sample: Product Advisor metaphor XML input file
Product Advisor provides a sample XML input file for use with the Product Advisor scheduler command. The sample file is metaphor.xml, which has a Product Explorer metaphor and a Product Comparison metaphor, as well as a Guided Sell metaphor for category '1'. To use the sample as a base for your own XML file, create a backup version of the file, and then edit the file as required.

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Sample: Product Advisor metaphor XML input file

Product Advisor provides a sample XML input file for use with the Product Advisor scheduler command. The sample file is metaphor.xml, which has a Product Explorer metaphor and a Product Comparison metaphor, as well as a Guided Sell metaphor for category '1'. To use the sample as a base for your own XML file, create a backup version of the file, and then edit the file as required.

The sample, metaphor.xml, can be found in the following directory:

WCDE_installdir\samples\pa\xml