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2.2 StoresIn WebSphere Commerce an online store is the place where all transactions for the online business occur. All online stores created with WebSphere Commerce include at least one of the following types of assets:
The external portion of the store, or the portion that displays to the customers, is known as the storefront. The storefront consists of Web assets such as HTML pages, JSP™ files, style sheets, images, graphics, and other multimedia file types.
The portion of the store that processes customer requests, including the commands and any customized code, is known as the business logic.
The data assets that comprise the store. To operate properly, a store must have the data in place to support all customer activities. For example, in order for a customer to make a purchase, the store must contain a catalog of goods for sale, shipping methods and shipping charges, taxes, and the inventory to fulfill the request. Your store must also have methods for authorizing and processing payments. If a store contains all three types of assets, it is a fully operational store. If a store contains only a subset of the assets (for example, storefront assets and business logic, or store data and business logic, or just store data), it is known in WebSphere Commerce as an asset store. WebSphere Commerce supports several different types of entities that are defined as stores:
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