Working with Properties

 

The following topics are covered here:

Adding Properties within a Property Set

Reminder about the WebLogic Server SP1

Get Started!

Creating a property within the MyBuyBeansApp property set

Adding a beanie point default value to the MyBuyBeans property set

 

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Adding Properties within a Property Set

This chapter describes how to add a property to a property set by creating a property and by adding a default value.

Reminder about the WebLogic Server SP1

Before you start WebLogic Commerce Server and use the demonstration software described in this document, you must add three WebLogic Server 5.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1) files to your classpaths. The files are either included in the installed WebLogic Commerce Server directory, or you can download them from the BEA Download site. The SP1 JAR files are:

• weblogic510sp1boot.jar-Add this file to the beginning of JAVA_CLASSPATH.

• weblogic510sp1.jar-Add this file to the beginning of WEBLOGIC_CLASSPATH.

• WebLogic_RDBMS.jar-Add this file to WEBLOGIC_CLASSPATH immediately following weblogic510sp1.jar.

If you do not see these files in a WebLogic Commerce Server software directory, please go to the following Web address: http://www.bea.com/download.html and follow the links to the WebLogic Server download page.

Get Started!

Now that you have installed WebLogic Server 5.1 with SP1 and WebLogic Commerce Server, it's time to get started with the demonstration software.

• First you will want to start the WebLogic Commerce Server on your system. From the Windows Start menu, select Start --> Programs --> BEA WebLogic Commerce Server --> Start WebLogic Commerce Server. The following screen shows this item selected on the menu:

  

Creating a property within the MyBuyBeansApp property set

In this section, we add a property to the existing MyBuyBeansApp property set, used to track customer bonus points.

1. Open the WLPS Administration Tools Home page by pointing your browser to http://<wlhost>:<port>/wlpsadmin. Enter system as the username and weblogic as the password.

   Note: The default port is 7601. Refer to the configuration section of the installation guide for more information about setting the ListenPort in the weblogic.properties file.

2. On the Administration Tools Home Page, click the Property Set Management icon. The Property Set Management Home Page appears.

   Note: Remember that the pages will most likely take longer to load because this is the first time they've been accessed and the system has to compile the page source code. You can see this process in the output displayed in the console. Once a page is compiled, it loads much faster when you access it.

3. From the Property Set list, select the MyBuyBeansApp link. The Property Set view page appears.

4. Click create on the Properties bar. The Create Properties page appears.

   

5. Enter BeaniePoints in the Property Name field.

6. Enter Bonus points for user in the Description field.

7. Select Integer from the Type drop-down list box.

8. Select Single from the Selection Option drop-down list box.

   Note: The single option refers to those properties having only one option (e.g., Property: Color, Attribute: red). The multiple option refers to those properties having multiple options (e.g., Property: Color, Attributes: red, green, blue, etc.).

9. Select Unrestricted from the Creation Category drop-down list box.

   Note: Restricted categories refer to user input via a list, radio buttons, check boxes, etc. Unrestricted categories refer instances in which users populate a form field.

10. Click create. A message confirms that the operation was successful.

11. Click back to return to the Property Set view page. The BeaniePoints property is displayed under the Properties section.

    Note: You might need to reload or refresh your browser display to see the BeaniePoints property.

Adding a beanie point default value to the MyBuyBeans property set

Now we'll add a default value so the application will always find a value.

1. Click edit on the BeaniePoints property bar. The BeaniePoints Property view page appears.

2. Click edit on the Property Values bar.

3. Enter 0 in the Default Values field and click save. The BeaniePoints Property view page appears and displays the default value.

   

4. Click back to return to the Property Set view page.

5. Click finished to save the MyBuyBeansApp property set with the new BeaniePoints property. The Property Sets view page appears.

6. Click home on the BEA WebLogic Personalization Server banner to return to the Administration Tools Home Page.