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ValidQuote Method
ValidQuote is called in the eSales - Checkout Process workflow to validate the line items in the Shopping Cart. Valid line items are those that do not have an empty Base Price field in the Quote Item business component. ValidQuote sets the Invalid output argument to Y if there are any line items that are invalid, and also sets Invalid Flag field for each line item that is invalid. The Invalid Flag field is a virtual field in the Quote Item business component that is persistent in the session. Preconditions for Calling the ValidQuote Method
- This method is invoked in the eSales - Checkout Process workflow. The sequence called is OrderQuote (see OrderQuote Method), then ValidQuote, and then RemoveInvalidItems (see RemoveInvalidItems Method).
- This method checks only the Base Price field in the Quote Item business component. If this field is empty for a record, then the record is invalid. You can override this method to do your own validity checking.
Arguments for the ValidQuote Method
The ValidQuote method has the arguments shown in Table 32.
Table 32. ValidQuote Arguments
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Return Error Code |
Input |
String |
Y |
If equal to N, the method will not return errors. When a method returns an error, the workflow stops. To avoid stopping the workflow, you can set this input to N. This way the Shopping Service will not return an error, but instead save the error message in the output argument Error Message. You can then handle the error message as you want. |
Error Message |
Output |
String |
Y |
Stores error messages. |
Invalid |
Output |
String |
Y |
Returns Y if there are any invalid items in the Shopping Cart. Else returns N. |
Quote Id |
Input |
String |
Y |
Not used. |
ReturnVal |
Output |
String |
Y |
Returns Success or Fail. Not used. |
Pseudo-Algorithm for ValidQuote
- Get the Quote and Quote Item business component. Create a variable invalidFlag=N.
- For each record in the Quote Item business component, check the Base Price field:
If this field is empty, set invalidFlag = Y and set the Invalid Flag field = Y for that record.
- Set the Invalid output argument = invalidFlag.
- Set the Error Message output argument if there is any error;
If Return Error Code = N, do not return an error;
Else return an error.
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