ShippingMethodRouter
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Use the ShippingMethodRouter pipeline component as part of the multiple-shipment shipping architecture to look up and run the components to process the shipments and calculate the shipping total for the whole order.
Note
Shipping components that are designed to be run by the ShippingMethodRouter pipeline component should never be put directly in a pipeline.
Intended use: Order Processing pipeline, Shipping stage.
Configuration Values
None.
Values Read
The ShippingMethodRouter pipeline component reads the following values from the indicated dictionaries.
Key |
Dictionary |
Description |
|---|---|---|
shipments |
Order |
A SimpleList object of dictionaries, one shipment per dictionary. |
shipments._cy_shipping_total |
Order |
The shipping totals for each shipment. |
CacheManager |
Context |
A CacheManager Object that is used for retrieving the cached set of discounts eligible for application. |
Values Written
The ShippingMethodRouter pipeline component writes the following values to the Order dictionary.
Key |
Description |
|---|---|
_cy_shipping_total |
The total shipping charges for all shipments in the order. |
Remarks
The shipping pipeline components (other than the Splitter pipeline component) are run by the ShippingMethodRouter pipeline component.
The ShippingMethodRouter pipeline component steps through the list of shipping methods. If there are shipments that use a given method, the ShippingMethodRouter pipeline component passes the shipments to the shipping component, and runs the component. The individual shipping components calculate the total shipping charges for the shipments passed to them. When all the shipments have been processed, the ShippingMethodRouter pipeline component calculates the total of all the shipping charges.
The ShippingMethodRouter pipeline component instantiates only the components that it will use.