E-commerce customization model

The E-commerce Solution allows developers to customize the default functionality. Different parts of the system can be modified using one of the following customization approaches:

Create and register custom implementations of various interfaces
Inherit from default classes, override specific methods, and register your derived class

Calculation interface overview

The following diagram shows the most important interfaces that the E-commerce API uses to:

Calculate prices displayed in catalogs on the live site (when using the appropriate API)
Evaluate and calculate the values of shopping carts and orders

Diagram showing the customizable interfaces used by the calculation logic of the E-commerce Solution

The structure of the API allows you to create your own implementations of one or more interfaces and register them instead of the defaults. The overall calculation engine then integrates your customizations while keeping the default behavior for the remaining functionality.

For details and customization examples related to specific parts of the calculation logic, see the corresponding pages:

Custom providers

You can modify or extend certain parts of the system’s functionality by inheriting from default classes (typically Provider classes) and overriding their virtual methods. Examples related to e-commerce functionality include:

Other customizations

If you wish to use Google Analytics to measure and analyze shopping activity on your website (product impressions, purchases, etc.), see Integrating Google Analytics Enhanced Ecommerce.

You can also use the general Xperience features to add custom functionality that fulfills your specific requirements. For example, add custom applications (modules).