Payment events and task commands

Payment events correspond to order life cycle phases and task commands.

The following table shows the main order life cycle phases and the corresponding payment events and task commands.

Order life cycle phase	Payment event	Task command
Order Capture	Prime Payment	PrimePaymentCmd
Release to Fulfillment	Reserve Payment	ReservePaymentCmd
Shipment Confirmation	Finalize Payment	FinalizePaymentCmd

The payment actions that are run during the processing of each task command vary according to the payment methods involved and their matching Payment rules. For example, the payment actions defined for a credit card during order capture will probably be different from the payment actions defined for an electronic check during the same order capture event. Also, all stores do not process payments the same way. Some stores might not accept a particular brand of credit card, for example.

Task command	Description
StoreAndValidatePaymentCmd	Pre-order authorization (store payment information and validate it). By default, this task command creates am order (EDPOrder) when there is no payment related operation.
TriggerPaymentActionsCmd	Triggering actions.
CancelOrderCmd	Order cancellation.
EditCmd	Edits (changes to payment amounts or payment methods, or late edits) EditCmd happens in two ways: by adding, removing, or updating payment information, and by the TriggerPaymentActionsCmd.
FinalizeRefundCmd	Credit return merchandise authorization (RMA).
FinalizePaymentCmd	Fulfillment (goods have shipped and shipment is confirmed).
PrimeRefundCmd	Return merchandise authorization (RMA) capture.
PrimePaymentCmd	Order capture (when the Buy button is clicked).
ReservePaymentCmd	Release to fulfillment (goods are ready to ship).

Related concepts
Payment life cycle
Payment plug-in controller
Payments subsystem
Payments subsystem architecture

Related reference
Payment rules provided in WebSphere Commerce