SAP Hybris: Creating CMS component as Addon

Creating CMS component as Addon .

Creating a new CMS component and controller with addon

1) Create addon:

Run ‘ant extgen’ in platform folder.

Type/select ‘yaddon’ template

Provide required extension details.

Provide required package details.

2) Add new addon extension in localextensions.xml of Config folder.

3) Create new CMS component in *-items.xml.This is the place for data modeling.

<itemtype code="xxxxxxComponent" autocreate="true" generate="true" extends="SimpleCMSComponent"

jaloclass="xxxxxxComponent">

</defaultvalue>

</attribute>

</itemtype>

4) Add entry in XXXXX-locales_en.properties

type.xxxxxxComponent.name = ……

5) As new component extends cms component , so set dependency in eclipse and extensioninfo.xml.

name="cms2"/>

6) Ant all and do system update.

Update with options ‘Update Running System’ and ‘Localized types’.

7) Create JSP with name as new component type in small case(xxxxxxComponent).

8) Create a controller and extend AbstractCMSAddOnComponentController.

a. Add your logic by overriding fillModel().

b. Add required notations

@Controller("xxxxxxComponentController")

@Scope("tenant")

@RequestMapping(value = ControllerConstants.Actions.Cms. xxxxxxComponent)

9) Define controller :

set context:component-scan on *-web-spring.xml

</bean>

10)Building the AddOn

ant addoninstall -Daddonnames="XXX(addon name)XX" -DaddonStorefront.yacceleratorstorefront="XXXstorefront"

11) Run ant all

12)Add the new component to required section/template/.. of a page in HMC.

13)Now new component is available to use in the location as declared above.

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