The atg.projects.store.assembler.cartridge.CategoryRecommendationsContentItem class represents the content item that the ProductSpotlight-ATGCategoryRecommendations cartridge returns to the renderer. The CategoryRecommendationsContentItem class has two properties:

The /atg/endeca/assembler/cartridge/handler/CategoryRecommendations component, which is of class atg.projects.store.assembler.cartridge.handler.CategoryRecommendationsHandler, is responsible for creating and populating the CategoryRecommendationsContentItem object. The CategoryRecommendationsHandler class is an extension of the com.endeca.infront.cartridge.NavigationCartridgeHandler class.

The CategoryRecommendations component uses the methods provided by the StoreCartridgeTools component to get the ID for the current category. The CategoryRecommendations component then stores this ID, along with the value specified in Experience Manager for the number of records to display, in the CategoryRecommendationsContentItem object. It is the renderer’s responsibility to take this information stored in the content item, make an appropriate request to the Oracle Recommendations engine, and render the results. The CategoryRecommendations component has one configurable property, storeCartridgeTools, which references the StoreCartridgeTools component that CategoryRecommendations should use. Out of the box, this property is set to /atg/endeca/assembler/cartridge/StoreCartridgeTools.