WishList and GiftLists in ATG

Both WishList and GiftList in ATG is implemented using gift list repository in ATG.

Primary differences between wish list and gift list are explained below:

Wish list for a user is nothing but list of his favorite items. User can store his favorite items for his future purchases.

Gift list for a user is explained in the below example:

Say user is having his wedding on some date, and he is interested in getting some particular things as gifts, then he will populate giftlist and share it with different other users in our application. 

WISHLIST	GIFTLIST
User is associated with only one wishlist.	There can be ‘N ’ number of lists associated with user
Wishlist is Private to the User. And only user can purchase items from his wish list	Giftlist can be made public or private based on the interest of the user. Only public list can be shared to other users. Other users can purchase items for the owner of that list.
Wishlist will not have any shipping address associated with it.	Giftlist will have a shipping address associated with it.
By default a wishlist is created for ATG user	User has to create his giftLists
	Public Giftlists of others can be viewed using ‘OtherGiftlists’

Giftlist Repository:

The Giftlists repository is the layer between Oracle ATG Web Commerce and the database itself. It provides an interface to the database layer to persist gift list information. The Giftlists repository uses the SQL Repository implementation. The Giftlists repository is defined in the giftlists.xml definition file, located in the Commerce configuration path at /atg/commerce/gifts/. This XML file defines item descriptors for gift lists and gift list items.

Gift List Form Handlers:

The /atg/commerce/gifts/GiftlistFormHandler accepts input from the customer to create, update and delete gift lists, as well as to add items to and remove items from gift lists. Properties in the handler are used to store user input for processing, as well as to store success and failure URLs for redirect after processing. Some handle methods have pre- and post- methods defined to make it easier to extend the methods.

The /atg/commerce/gifts/GiftlistSearch form handler searches the repository for gift lists. The form handler uses input from the customer, such as owner name, event name, event type and state, to find gift lists published by other customers.

CLICK HERE FOR BELOW SAMPLE PROGRAMS:

Sample program to display wishlist items

Sample program to display giftlists

Sample program to create Giftlist

Sample program to remove item from giftlist/wishlist

Sample program to add item to wishlist/ giftlist

Sample program to update quantity of item in wishlist/giftlist