Catalog services
The Catalog services enable an external system to search for Catalog related information in
HCL Commerce. There are three top level nouns defined in the logical model:
- Catalog
- A container of the other catalog entities, such as catalog entry, catalog group, attribute and so on.
- CatalogGroup
- A grouping mechanism for other catalog groups and catalog entries.
- CatalogEntry
- A catalog entry can be a product item or a kit.
The catalog logical model is defined with customization in mind. All the major elements have a standard extension point to add additional name-value pairs. The catalog entry object in particular has only the major elements defined. Everything else is represented as a CatalogAttributeType which can be language dependent.