The deliveryInfo item descriptor represents physical or electronic delivery information with a flexible repository item. Its descriptor includes these address and contact properties: city, country, emailAddress, faxNumber, firstName, lastName, middleName, phoneNumber, postalCode, prefix, state, and title. Additional properties are described in the table below:

Property

Description

format

Enumerated value indicating the format in which to deliver electronic items. Oracle ATG Web Commerce does not use this property; it is provided for integration with other systems. Examples: text, HTML, XML, EDI.

id

Repository ID of the deliveryInfo item.

preferredDeliveryMode

Enumerated value indicating the preferred shipping method for items ordered. Oracle ATG Web Commerce does not use this property; it is provided for integration with other systems. Examples: USPS, fax, e-mail.

type

Provided for subclassing purposes; use to indicate if an item belongs to the superclass or a subclass. Read-only.

version

Integer that is incremented automatically each time the product is updated; used to prevent version conflict. Read-only.

You can use the format and preferredDeliveryMode properties to let your customers indicate their delivery preferences, then consult these preferences when exporting invoices to other systems. By default Oracle ATG Web Commerce does not use these properties, but provides them as a convenience to developers integrating the invoice generation system with external financial or billing systems.