Develop > Controller layer > Management Center Web application > Customize the Management Center Web application > Extend existing objects
Ovveride a process service for a Management Center object
You can override a process service by creating a modified Struts configuration in the struts-extension.xml file.
Before you begin
All Struts action changes must be made in the struts-extension.xml file. Do not change the struts-ibm-tools.xml file because this file might be overwritten during an upgrade or a fix pack installation.To update the Struts process service:
Procedure
- Create a new Struts action or extend an existing Struts action.
Fast path: For information about how to extend a Struts action, see Tutorial: Extending a Struts action
- Open WebSphere Commerce Developer.
- In the Enterprise Explorer view, navigate to LOBTools > WebContent > WEB-INF and open the struts-ibm-tools.xml file containing the Struts definition of the authoring action that to copy.
- Open the struts-extension.xml file.
- Copy the individual Struts action in the ActionMapping into the struts-extension.xml file.
- Update the Struts action in the struts-extension.xml file to correspond to the new or modified Struts action, and then save the changes.
- Restart the WebSphere Commerce Server and test the changes.
- Deploy the changes to the production environment.