Default Order Discount Calculator

The OrderDiscountCalculator component is a preconfigured instance of the class atg.commerce.pricing.OrderDiscountCalculator. It is the default discount calculator for the following types of promotion:

Order Discount -- Percent Off
Order Discount -- Amount Off
Order Discount -- Fixed Price

The following sample shows the contents of the OrderDiscountCalculator.properties file:

#
# The OrderPricingCalculator which calculates a discount
#
$class=atg.commerce.pricing.OrderDiscountCalculator
pricingModelProperties=/atg/commerce/pricing/PricingModelProperties
qualifierService=/atg/commerce/pricing/QualifierService
# negativeAmountException=

The following table describes the properties of the OrderDiscountCalculator component.

Property	Description
`pricingModelProperties`	Specifies a bean that hosts the names of all of the properties of a pricing model repository item. `pricingModelProperties` are used so you do not have to hard code the properties into a pricing model.
`qualifierService`	Specifies a Qualifier that performs the actual evaluation of a `pmdlRule` of the `PricingModel` against the running environment.
`negativeAmountException`	Determines what happens when discounts cause the amount of an item to be negative. `True:` Throw an exception when a discount causes an amount to be negative. `False:` (default) Log a warning message and set the amount to 0.0 when a discount causes an amount to be negative.

Property

Description

pricingModelProperties

Specifies a bean that hosts the names of all of the properties of a pricing model repository item. pricingModelProperties are used so you do not have to hard code the properties into a pricing model.

qualifierService

Specifies a Qualifier that performs the actual evaluation of a pmdlRule of the PricingModel against the running environment.

negativeAmountException

Determines what happens when discounts cause the amount of an item to be negative.

True: Throw an exception when a discount causes an amount to be negative.

False: (default) Log a warning message and set the amount to 0.0 when a discount causes an amount to be negative.

You can view and modify the OrderDiscountCalculator component in the ATG Control Center. The component is located in /atg/commerce/pricing/calculators/OrderDiscountCalculator.

For more information, refer to the description of the OrderDiscountCalculator class.

ATG Commerce Programming Guide

Default Order Discount Calculator