Scripting: Maintaining State

Using the Session

Use the Session class to access details about browser actions, such as:

• The current click stream if it's an HTTP or HTTPS session
• The session's custom attributes (stored for the lifetime of the session and are not cleared when the customer logs out)
• The current customer associated with the storefront session
• If the customer associated with the session is authenticated
• The session's custom privacy attributes (stored for the lifetime of the session and cleared when the customer logs out)
• The unique session identifier

Using Persistent Business Objects

The SiteGenesis application handles most general ecommerce processing situations. However, as you develop your storefront, you might identify a particular processing need that isn't implemented. In that case, you might want to create a custom business object to handle the transaction. For example, you might want to offer customers the ability to add a monogram or personalized name to certain products such as tote bags or camera cases.

Using Client-Side Cookies

Using the Salesforce B2C Commerce APIs, not only can you collect information about the cookies that are bound to a session, you can also track all associated cookies via an array.