Naming Conventions in Sitecore Experience Commerce – Quick Reference Guide

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In this article, we will cover the common naming conventions found within Sitecore Experience Commerce to maintain a consistent approach in our custom plugins.

CRUD Operations

Starting with some simple CRUD operations, the following tables documents the naming conventions to utilise for the various Commerce classes

Entities

Create Entity

Naming Convention: Add<entity><context>

Commerce Reference	Example
Controller Action	AddPriceBook (CommandsController)
Command	AddPriceBookCommand
Model	PriceBookAdded
Pipeline	AddPriceBookPipeline
Pipeline Argument	AddPriceBookArgument
Pipeline Block	AddPriceBookBlock

Read Entity

Naming Convention: Get<entity><context>

Commerce Reference	Example
Controller Action	Get (<Entity>Controller)
Command	N/A. Use FindEntityCommand instead
Model	FoundEntity (handled within FindEntityCommand)
Pipeline	IFindEntityPipeline (handled within FindEntityCommand)
Pipeline Argument	FindEntityArgument (handled within FindEntityCommand)
Pipeline Block	SQL.FindEntityBlock (handled within FindEntityCommand)

Update Entity

Naming Convention: Update<entity><context>

Commerce Reference	Example
Controller Action	EditPriceBook (CommandsController)
Command	EditPriceBookCommand
Model	PriceBookEdited (No current usages)
Pipeline	EditPriceBookPipeline
Pipeline Argument	EditPriceBookArgument
Pipeline Block	EditPriceBookBlock

Delete Entity

Naming Convention: Delete<entity><context>

Commerce Reference	Example
Controller Action	DeletePriceCard. (CommandsController) Note: When deleting entities, it is important to consider how references to these entities need to be handled, as well as any child entity dependencies that may also need to be deleted, which would otherwise be orphaned.
Command	DeletePriceBookCommand
Model	PriceCardDeleted (No current usages)
Pipeline	IDeleteEntityPipeline
Pipeline Argument	DeleteEntityArgument (handled within IDeleteEntityPipeline)
Pipeline Block	DeleteEntityBlock (handled within IDeleteEntityPipeline)

Components

Create Component

Naming Convention: Add<component><context>

Commerce Reference	Example
Controller Action	AddCartLine
Command	AddCartLineCommand
Model	LineAdded
Pipeline	AddCartLinePipeline
Pipeline Argument	CartLineArgument
Pipeline Block	AddCartLineBlock

Read Component

Naming Convention: N/A
Components only exist to extend entities and therefore will not live in isolation to be queried. If a component was to be queried it would be to retrieve it in the context of an entity and therefore the entity would be retrieved instead.

Update Component

Naming Convention: Update<component><context>

Commerce Reference	Example
Controller Action	UpdateCartLine
Command	UpdateCartLineCommand
Model	LineUpdated
Pipeline	UpdateCartLinePipeline
Pipeline Argument	CartLineArgument
Pipeline Block	UpdateCartLineBlock

Delete Component