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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 IBM Sales Center
In the IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce there is a set of user interface panels, views and dialogs that contain the most commonly used features. You can add to or configure the user interface to suit your needs, as well as changing the content and format of the data that is passed between the client and the server.
Online help
The online help is defined using the base Eclipse extension point org.eclipse.help.toc. Put your new help documentation in a new plug-in.

Online help

The online help is defined using the base Eclipse extension point org.eclipse.help.toc. Put your new help documentation in a new plug-in.

An Eclipse table of contents is simply an XML file defining where to find HTML help files. The following is an example of an Eclipse table of contents file:


toc_ExtendedHelp.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?NLS TYPE="org.eclipse.help.toc"?>
<toc label="Extended Help" topic="extendedHelp.html">
<topic label="ExtendedHelp" href="extendedHelp.html"/>
</toc>

Refer to the Eclipse platform documentation for additional details on adding information to the online help system.