CatalogUtil.js

importPackage( dw.system );
importPackage( dw.customer );
importPackage( dw.util );
importPackage( dw.catalog );
importPackage( dw.object );

function GetCategoriesOverrides(Category)
{
    if (empty(Category)) {
        return;
    }
    // Check if a custom Category Overrides object exists for this category
    var catOverrideObject = CustomObjectMgr.getCustomObject('CategoryOverride', Category.ID);

    var template = Category.template;
    if (!empty(catOverrideObject)) {
        var overrideJSON = catOverrideObject.custom.overrideData;
        overrideJSON = overrideJSON.replace(/\\n/g, "\\n")
        .replace(/\\'/g, "\\'")
        .replace(/\\"/g, '\\"')
        .replace(/\\&/g, "\\&")
        .replace(/\\r/g, "\\r")
        .replace(/\\t/g, "\\t")
        .replace(/\\b/g, "\\b")
        .replace(/\\f/g, "\\f");
        //remove non-printable and other non-valid JSON chars
        overrideJSON = overrideJSON.replace(/[\u0000-\u0019]+/g,"");

        var templateOverride = JSON.parse(overrideJSON).renderingTemplate.path;

        if (!empty(templateOverride)) template = templateOverride;

    }

    // Output the new Rendering Template
    return template;
}

function GetDefaultMetaDescription( Category )
{
    var Resource = require('dw/web/Resource');
    var cat = Category;

    if (empty(cat)) {
        return ;
    }

    var displayName = cat.displayName;
    var desc = cat.pageDescription;

    if (desc) return;

    var ArrayList = require('dw/util/ArrayList'),
        categories = new ArrayList();
    if (cat) {
        while (cat.parent) {
            if (cat.online) {
                categories.addAt(0, cat);
            }
            if (cat) {
                cat = cat.parent;
            }
        }
    }

    var rootCategoryName = categories[0] ? categories[0].displayName.toLowerCase() : '';
    var defaultMetaDesc = Resource.msgf('metadescriptions.default', 'metadescriptions', '', displayName);
    var metaDesc = Resource.msgf('metadescriptions.' + rootCategoryName, 'metadescriptions', defaultMetaDesc, displayName);
  
    return metaDesc;
}

module.export = {
  GetCategoriesOverrides: GetCategoriesOverrides,
  GetDefaultMetaDescription: GetDefaultMetaDescription 
}