Linking Product Advisor pages

To create links between Product Advisor pages, do the following:

  1. Add the GenericLinkDataBean to your JSP file, as in the example below.
    <jsp:useBean id="pcLink"
        class="com.ibm.commerce.beans.GenericLinkDataBean" 
            scope="request">
        <jsp:setProperty property="linkPage" name="GenericLinkDataBean" 
            value="/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/pc51.jsp" />
        <jsp:setProperty property="image" name="pcLink" 
            value="/wcs/tools/pa/icons/locale/prod_comp.gif "
        />
        <jsp:setProperty property="text" name="pcLink" 
            value="Product Comparison" />
        <jsp:setProperty property="*" name="pcLink" />
        </jsp:useBean>
    
    Note: The sample JSP files automatically process the locale variable listed above by passing in a value based on the customer's locale.

When you add the GenericLinkDataBean to a JSP file, a button is added to the page, and a link is created to the page specified in the linkPage property. In the example above, the link is to the pc51.jsp page. The button is the graphic, prod_comp.gif. The page should include a category_id as a parameter. The button will only be displayed if a metaphor exists for the specified category_id.