Delivery Tier Component Development

Overview

This page explains how to develop components for the delivery tier in Bloomreach Content.

Delivery Tier Architecture

Bloomreach Content's delivery tier, also known as HST, follows a Hierarchical Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern. Pages are constructed from a hierarchy of MVC components. The controller logic for each component is implemented in a Java class that implements the org.hippoecm.hst.core.component.HstComponent interface. Bloomreach Content provides a set of standard components that you can use directly or extend for custom functionality.

Component Development Process

Tutorial: Build Components Step-by-Step

To learn component development in practice, follow the Build a Website tutorial. The Develop New Features section demonstrates how to use standard components to implement a "products" feature. Relevant examples include:

• Product Overview
• Featured Products

Core Concepts and Configuration

Review the following documentation to understand how to implement and configure delivery tier components:

• Headless Dynamic Components
• Component Configuration
• Component Configuration Properties
• Component Java Class
• Component Java Class Examples
• Component Parameters

Using and Extending Standard Components

Whenever possible, use or extend the standard components provided by Bloomreach Content. This approach reduces duplicate code, applies best practices, and maintains consistency across projects:

• Standard Components
• Extend CommonComponent

Advanced Topics in Component Development

Explore advanced component development topics as needed:

• Asynchronous Components
• Override the Default Component Class
• Use the Persistable Annotation to use Workflow in a Component
• Wrap Component Contents