User registration xC extension points

We can customize how WebSphere Commerce handles user registration. For example, use these extension points to add custom logic to validate user information before the user profile is updated. The following table identifies the classes for user-related commands that we can customize through an externalized customization extension.

Extension point	Where the extension point is used	Request, Response formats	Sample extension code location	Sample CSV input files
person_register_pre	The register user operation (POST person) calls the person_register_pre extension point to perform custom actions (for example, validate the command inputs) before registering the user.	PersonPreUERequest, PersonPreUEResponse	The personRegisterPre method in workspace_dir/commerceue-app/src/main/java/com/ibm/commerce/member/ue/rest/PersonResource.java	person_register_pre
person_register_post	The register user operation (POST person) calls the person_register_post extension point to perform custom actions (for example, update the user attributes) after registering the user.	PersonPostUERequest, PersonPostUEResponse	The personRegisterPost method in workspace_dir/commerceue-app/src/main/java/com/ibm/commerce/member/ue/rest/PersonResource.java	person_register_post
person_update_pre	The update user operation (PUT person/@self) calls the person_update_pre extension point to perform custom actions (for example, validate the command inputs) before updating the user.	PersonPreUERequest, PersonPreUEResponse	The personUpdatePre method in workspace_dir/commerceue-app/src/main/java/com/ibm/commerce/member/ue/rest/PersonResource.java	person_update_pre
person_update_post	The update user operation (PUT person/@self) calls the person_update_post extension point to perform custom actions (for example, update the user attributes) after updating the user.	PersonPostUERequest, PersonPostUEResponse	The personUpdatePost method in workspace_dir/commerceue-app/src/main/java/com/ibm/commerce/member/ue/rest/PersonResource.java	person_update_post

Sample input files for registering and assigning order xC extension points

Extension point	Registering extension code with UEConfig.csv	Assigning extension code to extension points with CmdReg.csv
person_register_pre	Sample UEConfig_personregpre.csv Set UEConfigId column to a unique integer value. Set Url column to the URL of the extension code, relative to https://hostname:9443/commerceue. Set Properties column as name-value pairs. See Adding xC configuration information	Sample CmdReg_personregpre.csv Set Properties column to include the UEConfigId integer value. Set StoreIdentifier column to include the name of your store. If we want all stores to use the same extension code, then specify NullEntity. See Registering custom xC extensions.
person_register_post	Sample UEConfig_personregpost.csv Set UEConfigId column to a unique integer value. Set Url column to the URL of the extension code, relative to https://hostname:9443/commerceue. Set Properties column as name-value pairs. See Adding xC configuration information	Sample CmdReg_personregpost.csv Set Properties column to include the UEConfigId integer value. Set StoreIdentifier column to include the name of your store. If we want all stores to use the same extension code, then specify NullEntity. See Registering custom xC extensions.
person_update_pre	Sample UEConfig_personupdpre.csv Set UEConfigId column to a unique integer value. Set Url column to the URL of the extension code, relative to https://hostname:9443/commerceue. Set Properties column as name-value pairs. See Adding xC configuration information	Sample CmdReg_personupdpre.csv Set Properties column to include the UEConfigId integer value. Set StoreIdentifier column to include the name of your store. If we want all stores to use the same extension code, then specify NullEntity. See Registering custom xC extensions.
person_update_post	Sample UEConfig_personupdpost.csv Set UEConfigId column to a unique integer value. Set Url column to the URL of the extension code, relative to https://hostname:9443/commerceue. Set Properties column as name-value pairs. See Adding xC configuration information	Sample CmdReg_personupdpost.csv Set Properties column to include the UEConfigId integer value. Set StoreIdentifier column to include the name of your store. If we want all stores to use the same extension code, then specify NullEntity. See Registering custom xC extensions.