Catalog Structure

Catalog Structure

To provide the most flexibility, Commerce Reference Store has implemented its catalog structure using custom catalogs. With custom catalogs, it is possible to have a master catalog item that contains subcatalogs, categories, or a combination of both. Commerce Reference Store uses a master catalog item, called masterCatalog, that is defined in the <ATG9dir>/CommerceReferenceStore/Store/Storefront/data/out-catalog.xml file. It contains two categories:

rootNavigationCategory is the root category for the hierarchical category and product tree.
NonNavigableProducts provides a location for organizing products, such as gift wrapping, that are non-navigable (that is, not part of the hierarchical category and product tree).

Neither the rootNavigationCategory nor the NonNavigableProducts category is visible to a Web site visitor.

The following figure illustrates the catalog structure:

Note: See Using Custom Catalogs in the ATG Commerce Programming Guide for more information on custom catalogs.

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