ATG Commerce extends the profile configuration and classes of the Personalization module in several ways to add functionality. Components of ATG Commerce rely on these extensions to perform their logic. Removing or modifying the profile additions may require modifying logic in ATG Commerce.
This chapter includes information on the following subjects:
Profile Repository Extensions: Describes the attributes that ATG Commerce adds to the user Item Descriptor to support gift lists, wish lists, promotions, address books, credit card collection and other minor features.
Profile Form Handler Extensions: Describes the ATG Commerce profile form handler extensions.
Profile Tools and Property Manager Extension: Describes the extensions related to the ATG Commerce profile tools, which provide additional methods to access commerce specific profile properties such as shipping and billing addresses and credit card information. Also describes the extensions related to the ATG Commerce Property Manager, which provides additional access to profile property names specific to Commerce customers that are used by
CommerceProfileTools
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