Product configurator – Front-end call stack

Instantiate and load front-end

1. Starting Point

• Called by PCExecuteVariantConfiguration
• Form PCRuntimeConfigurator
• Class PCRuntimeConfiguratorFormFactory.create

 2. First the model is loaded into an XML

• PCRuntimeLibrary::getModelXMLIL –> Only Model, no values (Values come only in Step 4.)
• Calls PCXmlSessionWriterModel.writeModel
• Calls PCXmlSessionWriterComponent.write
• Calls PCXmlSessionWriterComponentAttribute.write

3. Using the .Net Class is used to process the xml

• Microsoft.Dynamics.Ax.Frameworks.Controls.ProductConfiguration.Iconfigurator
• Instantiated in PCRuntimeConfigurator.loadModel

4. Assign Values to front-end

• Triggered by PCRuntimeConfigurator.loadAttributeValues()
• PCConfigurationLoader.runIL
• PCConfigurationLoader.loadValues

5. Frontend-Handlers

• The Font-End calls PCRuntimeUIConfigurator.userSelectedValue to assign user selected values to front end.

Save front-end results

1. Front-end returns XML

• Processed by PCXMLParse… classes
• e.g. PcXmlParseComponentAttribute.parseIL (modified for config description – hidden attributes)

2. XML Parser returns PCAdaptor… classes that do the further processing

• PCAdaptorVisitorConfigurationReuse: handle reusability of configurations
  • PCAdaptorComponent.createReuseConfiguration
  • PCAdaptorComponent.reuseConfigurationExists()
• PCAdaptorVisitorBOMGeneration: create BOM

3. Finally update the Sales Line

• PCExecuteVariantConfiguration.updateDemandSourceDocumentLine