Catalog Objects

This topic provides a brief description of the key classes and enumerations in the Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog namespace and the Microsoft.CommerceServer.Inventory namespace.

Classes

The following table describes the key public classes in the Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog namespace.

Class	Description
BaseCatalog	A type of product catalog with concretely defined data and that does not aggregate data from other catalogs. A base catalog is a source catalog from which a virtual catalog is derived.
CatalogContext	Contains the functionality to manage the catalog and inventory systems. A CatalogContext object is the root object for the Catalog System.
CatalogDefinition	Provides properties and methods to manage catalog and category definitions.
CatalogExportOptions	Specifies the set of options to use for a catalog export operation.
CatalogImportOptions	Specifies the set of options to use for a catalog import operation.
CatalogItem	An abstract class that represents an item in the catalog database. Product and category objects derive from this class.
CatalogObjectBase	An abstract class that contains the properties and methods of the catalog system. The CatalogObjectBase is the base type for all catalog objects.
CatalogProperty	An abstract class that provides properties and methods to manage catalog properties.
CatalogRule	An abstract class that implements functionality of the catalog rules. PricingRule and VirtualCatalogRule derive from this class.
CatalogSearch	Used to search catalogs. This object provides free-text and SQL WHERE clause searches.
CatalogSearchOptions	Provides properties to customize the catalog search results when performing searches on one or more catalogs.
CatalogServiceAgent	Contains configuration information to communicate with a Web service using XML and SOAP.
CatalogSiteAgent	Contains configuration for a connection directly to a Commerce Server Core Systems site's catalog database.
Category	An abstract class that manages a category in a catalog. StaticCategory derives from this class.
CategoryConfiguration	Specifies the configuration of a category, including its child categories and products.
ExportOptions	Specifies a set of options to use for a catalog export operation.
ImportOptions	Specifies the set of options to use for a catalog import operation.
MultilingualCatalogObject	An abstract class that provides access to a product catalog, either base or virtual.
PricingRule	Manages the pricing rules that are applied to a catalog.
Product	An abstract class that represents a product in a catalog.
ProductCatalog	An abstract class that provides access to the details of a product catalog (base or virtual), catalog search, and product and category management.
ProductFamily	Manages a product family in a catalog.
SearchOptions	Provides the properties to customize search results.
SpecificationSearch	Provides a specification or guided search of a catalog.
StaticCategory	Manages a static category, which is a category to which product catalogs are explicitly added and removed.
Variant	Represents a single product variant in a product family.
VirtualCatalog	A type of product catalog that contains data built from other catalogs.
VirtualCatalogRule	Manages the inclusion and exclusion rules for a virtual catalog.
XmlImportOptions	Specifies the set of options used during an XML import operation.

The following table describes the key public classes in the Microsoft.CommerceServer.Inventory namespace.

Class	Description
InventoryCatalog	Manages an inventory catalog.
InventoryContext	Contains the functionality to manage the Inventory System. The InventoryContext object is the root object for the Inventory System.
InventoryExportOptions	Specifies the set of options to use for an inventory catalog export operation.
InventoryImportOptions	Specifies the set of options to use for an inventory catalog import operation.
InventoryOptions	Specifies inventory options used for searches.
InventoryQuantityDelta	Manages the inventory delta information.
InventorySku	Manages the properties of an inventory SKU.

Enumerations

The following table describes the enumerations in the Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog namespace.

Enumeration	Description
AuthorizationScope	Specifies the scope of a catalog authorization policy.
CatalogClassTypes	Specifies the type of catalog object to return from a search. This enumeration represents the different class types that the catalog controls can validate.
CatalogDataType	Specifies the valid data types for catalog properties.
CatalogDefinitionType	Specifies the definition type (product or category).
CatalogFlags	Flag that specifies whether a virtual catalog is materialized.
DefinitionPropertyType	Specifies the definition property type.
ExportMode	Specifies the type of export operation.
ExtensibleEntityType	Specifies the class of entities that can be extended by adding user-defined properties.
ImportMode	Specifies the type of catalog import operation.
ImportOperation	Specifies the catalog import validation mode.
OperationType	Specifies the type of import or export operation.
SchemaExportType	Specifies the schema export mode during a catalog export operation.
StockStatus	Specifies the status of an inventory SKU.
TransactionMode	Specifies the catalog import transaction mode.
VirtualCatalogRuleType	Specifies whether to include catalog, product, category, or variant in a virtual catalog.
VirtualCatalogStatus	Specifies the virtual catalog status.

The following table describes the public enumerations in the Microsoft.CommerceServer.Inventory namespace.

Enumeration	Description
InventoryCondition	Enumerates the condition of the SKU.

See Also

Other Resources

Core Catalog System Object Model