About Catalog Site Code Migration to Commerce Server 2007

The Catalogs namespace has been rewritten in Commerce Server 2007 to rely completely on managed code. In your site code, search for and replace any instances of Microsoft.CommerceServer.Runtime.Catalogs with Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog. Although many of the classes and members within the namespace have stayed the same, there have also been a number of changes. The following table contains a list of obsolete APIs and their replacements in the new Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog namespace:

Obsolete or replaced type	Replacement
CatalogContext.AddCatalogAttribute	AddPropertyToEntity
CatalogContext.AddDefinitionAttribute	AddPropertyToEntity
CatalogContext.AddPropertyAttribute	AddPropertyToEntity
CatalogContext. AddSpecificationSearchClause	AddSearchClause
CatalogContext.BeginSpecificationSearch	BeginSpecificationSearch
CatalogContext.CatalogNames	GetCatalogs
CatalogContext.CreateFromConnectionString	Create
CatalogContext.Dispose	Not applicable. CatalogContext instances no longer have to be disposed.
CatalogContext.ExportXML	ExportXml
CatalogContext.GetCatalogAttributes	AddPropertyToEntity
CatalogContext.GetDefinitionAttribute	GetDefinition
CatalogContext.GetDefinitionProperties	GetDefinition
CatalogContext.GetEnumerationPropertyValues	GetProperty
CatalogContext.GetPropertyAttributes	AddPropertyToEntity
CatalogContext.GetSearchableProperties	This method was replaced and now returns a CatalogPropertyCollection instead of a CatalogPropertiesDataSet
CatalogContext.GetUniqueIdentifierProperties	This method was replaced and now returns a CatalogPropertyCollection instead of a CatalogPropertiesDataSet
CatalogContext. GetSpecificationSearchClauses	SearchClauses
CatalogContext. GuaranteedSpecificationSearch	GuaranteedSearch
CatalogContext.ImportXML	ImportXml
CatalogContext. PerformSpecificationSearch	Search
CatalogContext.RebuildAllCatalogs	This method was replaced and now returns a RebuildProgress instead of an int.
CatalogContext.RemoveCatalogAttribute	RemovePropertyFromEntity
CatalogContext.RemoveDefinitionAttribute	RemovePropertyFromEntity
CatalogContext.RemovePropertyAttribute	RemovePropertyFromEntity
CatalogContext. RemoveSpecificationSearchClause	RemoveSearchClause
CatalogItem.AncestorCategoryNames	AncestorCategories
CatalogItem.CannonicalCategoryPath	CanonicalCategories
CatalogItem.ParentCategoryNames	ParentCategories
CatalogItem.Dispose	Not applicable. CatalogItem instances no longer have to be disposed.
CatalogItem.GetRelatedCategories	RelatedCategories
CatalogItem.GetRelatedProducts	RelatedProducts
Category.GetChildCategories	ChildCategories
Product.GetVariantProperties	GetVariant
Product.GetVariants	Variants
Product.ProductID	ProductId
ProductCatalog.Dispose	Not applicable. ProductCatalog instances no longer have to be disposed.
ProductCatalog.GetCatalogAttributes	GetEntityProperties
ProductCatalog.GetProductVariant	GetVariant
ProductCatalog.GetRebuildProgess	RebuildProgress
ProductCatalog.GetRootCategories	GetRootCategory
ProductCatalog.GetRootProducts	GetRootCategory
ProductCatalog.Languages	AddLanguage or RemoveLanguage
ProductCatalog.PropertyNames	PropertiesInCatalog
ProductCatalog.Rebuild	This method was replaced and now returns a RebuildProgress instead of an int.
ProductCatalog.RootCategories	GetRootCategory
ProductCatalog.RootProducts	GetRootCategory
ProductCatalog.SpecificationSearchableCategoryNames	SpecificationSearchableCategories

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About Migrating ASP.NET-based Commerce Server 2002 Applications to Commerce Server 2007