The information on how to connect to the HCL Commerce system is configured in the filesystem of the web applications that use the eCommerce API. These web applications are at least the Studio web application (workspace module studio-webapp) and the CAE applications for delivery (workspace modules cae-preview-webapp and cae-live-webapp).

The application.properties file below the WEB-INF directory of your web application contains the HCL Commerce related configuration properties. Example 6.1, “HCL Commerce configuration in application.properties” shows the relevant parts of the file. The meaning of the values ​will be explained in the table below.

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# CoreMedia LiveContext Configuration
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livecontext.ibm.wcs.url = http://wcs-server.yourdomain.com
livecontext.ibm.wcs.secureUrl = https://wcs-server.yourdomain.com
livecontext.ibm.wcs.rest.url = ${livecontext.ibm.wcs.url}/wcs/resources/store
livecontext.ibm.wcs.rest.secureUrl = ${livecontext.ibm.wcs.secureUrl}/wcs/resources/store
livecontext.ibm.wcs.store.url = ${livecontext.ibm.wcs.url}/wcsstore/Aurora
livecontext.service.credentials.username = <wcs_username>
livecontext.service.credentials.password = <wcs_password>
livecontext.managementtool.web.url = ${livecontext.ibm.wcs.secureUrl}/lobtools/cmc/ManagementCenterMain
livecontext.apache.wcs.host = shop-preview-production-helios.yourdomain.com
livecontext.apache.live.production.wcs.host = shop-helios.yourdomain.com
livecontext.apache.preview.production.wcs.host = shop-preview-production-helios.yourdomain.com
livecontext.apache.preview.wcs.host = shop-preview-helios.yourdomain.com
livecontext.cookie.domain = .yourdomain.com

The exact store configuration depends on your store configuration in your HCL Commerce environment. The store specific properties that logically define a shop instance can also be part of the Spring configuration. The following listing gives an example.

<util:map id="myStoreConfig">
  <entry key="store.id" value="${my.wcs.store.id}"/>
  <entry key="store.name" value="${my.wcs.store.name}"/>
  <entry key="catalog.id" value="${my.wcs.catalog.id}"/>
  <entry key="currency" value="${my.wcs.store.currency}"/>
  <entry key="dynamicPricing.enabled" value="${my.wcs.store.dynamicPricing.enabled}"/>
</util:map>

<customize:append id="ibmStoreConfigurationsCustomizer" bean="ibmStoreConfigurations">
  <map>
    <entry key="myStore" value-ref="myStoreConfig"/>
  </map>
</customize:append>

The example makes use of Spring placeholder tokens that are mapped in the properties file mentioned above. It also shows how to add the custom store configuration to the existing ibmStoreConfigurations map. Later this store configuration (myStore) can be referenced from the site configuration settings within the content. Individual values can be overwritten in the content again.

Alternatively to a catalog.id it is also possible to use the catalog name within a catalog.name property instead. It will be mapped to the current catalog.id at runtime. When the catalog ID is not given in configuration, then the ID from the default catalog will be automatically used.

The same function is also available for the store ID. In case a store ID is not given it can also be retrieved from the HCL Commerce but a given config value for store.id takes precedence.