The loyalty programs and cards domain model

Current version: 9.2

This section describes the domain model that represents the loyalty program and card objects where the following three assertions hold true:

  • The domain model primarily serves as DTO objects for transferring information between the external commerce system and Sitecore.

  • The domain model contains the minimum required information as contracts and will typically be extended, when integrated with a specific commerce system.

  • The domain model is used when a Sitecore developer needs to synchronize product data with the external commerce system or product data is pushed into Sitecore from the external commerce system

The following class diagram shows the domain model:

Note

The domain model consists of abstract classes that make up the contracts with the external system. The contracts are defined as abstract classes instead of interfaces to allow the model to be easily extended later if needed. This follows the best practice guidelines defined in the Framework Design Guidelines. 

A default implementation of the contracts is delivered as part of Connect. If an actual Connect provider with an external commerce system contains more functionality than that provided by default, the implementation can be replaced. All instantiation of actual classes will be handled through dependency injection.

Class: LoyaltyCard

The LoyaltyCard class is used to represent a loyalty card owned by a customer.

Name

Type

Description

ExternalId

String

Unique identifier for the loyalty card in the external commerce system.

CustomerId

String

The customer ID associated to the card.

UserId

String

The user ID associated to the card.

ShopName

String

The shop name the card is associated to.

CardNumber

String

The number of the card.

ProgramIds

List<string>

The IDs of any programs the card is associated with.

RewardPoints

List<LoyaltyRewardPoint>

Any reward points on the card.

Class: LoyaltyCardPaymentInfo

The LoyaltyCardPaymentInfo class extends the payment info class and makes it possible for a customer to pay for an order using their loyalty card.

Name

Type

Description

Amount

Decimal

The amount of points to charge to the card.

Class: LoyaltyCardTier

The LoyaltyCardTier class is used to represent a tier that a loyalty card might be involved in, for example, bronze, silver, or gold.

Name

Type

Description

Tier

String

The tier the card is associated with.

ValidFrom

DateTime

When the tier becomes valid.

ValidTo

DateTime

When the card is no longer eligible to be part of the tier.

Class: LoyaltyCardTransaction

The LoyaltyCardTransaction object is used to represent a record of the addition or removal of points onto a loyalty card.

Name

Type

Description

LoyaltyCardId

String

Unique identifier for the loyalty card in the external commerce system.

CustomerId

String

The customer ID associated to the card.

UserId

String

The user ID associated to the card.

ShopName

String

The shop name the card is associated to.

RewardPointType

RewardPointType

The type of point transaction that occurred.

RewardPointAmount

Decimal

The amount of points that were awarded.

EntryType

LoyaltyRewardPointEntryType

The type of entry for this transaction.

ExpirationDate

Datetime

The date the reward expires.

EntryDateTime

DateTime

The date the transaction occurred.

Class: LoyaltyProgram

The LoyaltyProgram object is used to represent a program that a loyalty card is involved in.

Name

Type

Description

ExternalId

String

Unique identifier for the loyalty program in the external commerce system.

Name

String

The name of the program.

Description

String

The name of the description.

ShopName

String

The name of the shop that the program is associated with.

LoyaltyTiers

List<LoyaltyTier>

The tiers that exist within the program.

Class: LoyaltyProgramSummary

The LoyaltyProgramSummary object is used to represent a summary of the loyalty program.

Name

Type

Description

Name

String

The name of the program.

Description

String

A description of the program.

ShopName

String

The name of the shop that the program is associated with.

LoyaltyProgramId

String

The ID of the loyalty program for this summary.

Class: LoyaltyRewardPoint

The LoyaltyRewardPoint object is used to represent point activity on a card.

Name

Type

Description

Description

String

A description of the reward points.

RewardPointType

RewardPointType

The type of points rewarded.

CurrencyCode

String

The currency of the points rewarded.

IssuedPoints

Decimal

The amount of point issued.

UsedPoints

Decimal

The amount of points used.

ExpiredPoints

Decimal

The amount of expired points.

ActivePoints

Decimal

The amount of active points.

Class: LoyaltyRewardPointEntryType

The LoyaltyRewardPointEntryType object is an enum of different reward point entry types.

Name

Type

Description

None

LoyaltyRewardPointEntryType

Unassigned reward point entry type.

Earn

LoyaltyRewardPointEntryType

An earned reward point.

Redeem

LoyaltyRewardPointEntryType

A redeemed reward point.

Class: PointBasedLoyaltyTier

The PointBasedLoyaltyTier object is an extension of the LoyaltyTier class and is used to represent points based on the loyalty tier within a program.

Name

Type

Description

PointsNeeded

Decimal

The number of points required to meet the tier.

Class: RewardPointType

The RewardPointType object is an enum of different reward point entry types.

Name

Type

Description

NotRedeemable

RewardPointType

The points are not redeemable.

Redeemable

RewardPointType

The points are redeemable.

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